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Small tools for setting up a gold EA well. Everything runs in your browser: nothing you type or open here is sent anywhere. They are guides, not advice, and results depend on your own broker.

Profile finder

Three questions point you to one of the six profiles. It is a starting point for your first test, not a rule.

Your profile

Answer the three questions.

Gold symbol check

Brokers name gold differently. Type the symbol from your MetaTrader 5 Market Watch.

Your broker's gold symbol

Result

Smart Gold Hunter runs on XAUUSD and on broker gold symbols such as XAUUSDm or GOLD.

Rent or buy

How long do you plan to run it? This compares the cheapest mix of rentals with buying, using the MQL5 prices of November 2026: $149 for 3 months, $199 for 6 months, $349 to buy.

Months you plan to run it

Lot size and risk

What one trade can cost at its stop loss, in money and as a share of your balance. Check the contract size in MT5: right-click the symbol in Market Watch, then Specification.

Account balance Lot size Stop loss distance in priceFor example 5.00 means gold moving $5 against the trade. Contract size, ounces per lotMany brokers use 100. Check yours in the symbol specification.

Daily loss limit helper

Set the EA's daily loss limit below your prop firm's rule, with room to spare for an open trade's stop loss and for slippage.

Account size Your firm's daily loss rule, in percent Safety margin, in percent of the accountThe gap you keep between the EA's limit and the firm's rule.

Prop challenge planner

What daily pace a challenge asks for. If the pace needs more risk than the rules allow, it is better to know before you start.

Profit target, in percent Maximum loss rule, in percent Daily loss rule, in percent Trading days you plan to use

Session clock

The main gold sessions in your own time, and your broker's server time. The market close and Friday close protections follow server time.

Your broker's server time, hours from GMTShown at the top of MT5 Market Watch. Many brokers use GMT+2 or GMT+3.

Gold usually trades from Sunday evening to Friday evening, New York time, with a short break each day. These are typical hours; your broker's exact hours are in the symbol specification.

Set file viewer and compare

Open one set file to read every input, or two to see exactly what changed, for example an old set file against a 6.0 one. Files stay on your computer.

Open a set fileor drop it here Second file to compareoptional

Tester report reader

Open a strategy tester report saved from MT5 as HTML. The key numbers are pulled out and explained. A test shows the past on one set of prices; it is not a promise.

Open a tester reportor drop it here

Journal log reader

Paste lines from the Experts or Journal tab in MT5. Lines that point to a problem are picked out with what they usually mean.

Log lines