🔢 Gold Neural Core EA MT5 Settings Guide
Gold Neural Core EA is an advanced automated trading Expert Advisor developed specifically for XAUUSD. It combines intelligent AutoLot money management, adaptive grid recovery, ATR-based position scaling, comprehensive news filtering, drawdown protection and prop firm compliance features.
With flexible risk controls, customizable trading schedules, dynamic lot multipliers, and extensive safety settings, Gold Neural Core EA MT5 is designed to help traders automate Gold trading while maintaining strong account protection and execution flexibility.
🔢 Gold Neural Core EA MT5 Settings Explained
🔄 General Inputs
🔹 Enable spread filter? = false – Disables the spread filter, allowing trades regardless of the current spread.
🔹 Max spread in points for entry = 400.0 – Defines the maximum spread of 400.0 points when the spread filter is enabled.
🔹 EA comment = GNC – Sets GNC as the trade comment for all EA positions.
🔹 Hide Entry Model Comments = false – Displays entry model comments in trading positions.
🔹 EA magic number = 45775421 – Uses 45775421 as the unique Magic Number to identify EA trades.
🔹 Allow buy positions = true – Enables BUY trading.
🔹 Allow sell positions = true – Enables SELL trading.
🔹 Allow Hedging (set to false to comply with FIFO requirements) = true – Allows hedging by opening opposite positions simultaneously.
🔹 Set file used = GNC Default – Loads the default preset configuration.
🔄 Debug Print Settings
🔹 Time frame for printing debug = 1 Hour – Debug messages are generated on the H1 timeframe.
🔹 Show array debug prints = false – Disables array debugging output.
🔹 Show Range Entry Print Statements = false – Hides range-entry diagnostic messages.
🔹 Show ATR calculation debug prints = false – Disables ATR calculation logs.
🔹 Show lot multiplier ATR debug prints = false – Disables ATR lot multiplier logs.
🔹 Show TP calculation debug prints = false – Hides Take Profit calculation logs.
🔹 Show grid debug prints in journal = false – Prevents grid diagnostics from appearing in the journal.
🔹 Show Stop Loss Debug Prints = false – Disables Stop Loss debugging.
🔹 Show Price Action debug prints = false – Hides Price Action debug information.
🔹 Show emergency stop out debug prints in journal = false – Disables emergency stop-out logs.
🔹 Print currency checks in journal? = false – Disables currency validation logs.
🔹 Print new entry attempts in journal? = false – Prevents trade attempt logging.
🔄 Money Management
🔹 Maximum positions per currency in same direction across account = 1 – Limits one position per symbol in the same direction.
🔹 Close grid on opposite signal? = false – Keeps the grid active even if an opposite signal appears.
🔹 Auto lot 0.1 = Low Risk (10–30% p.a.) – minimum balance 10K – Suggested AutoLot profile.
🔹 Auto lot 0.3 = Moderate Risk (20–100% p.a.) – minimum balance 7K – Moderate-risk recommendation.
🔹 Auto lot 0.5 = High Risk (80–300% p.a.) – minimum balance 5K – Higher growth configuration.
🔹 Auto lot 1 = Aggressive Risk (100–600% p.a.) – minimum balance 1K – Aggressive AutoLot profile.
🔹 Auto lot 1.5 = Degen Risk (250–1000% p.a.) – minimum balance 1K – Very high-risk configuration.
🔹 Auto lot > 1.5 = YOLO (500–2000% p.a.) – minimum balance 1K – Maximum risk configuration.
🔹 Recommended leverage = 1:500 or higher – Suggested leverage for optimal operation.
🔹 Cent account recommendation – A cent account is suggested if the minimum balance is unavailable.
🔄 Starting Lot Settings
🔹 Risk Model = AutoLot – Uses automatic lot sizing.
🔹 Starting lot (if autolot is not used) = 0.01 – Starts with 0.01 lot when AutoLot is disabled.
🔹 AutoLot level (1 = 0.01 lots per 1000 account balance) = 1.0 – AutoLot scaling level is 1.0.
🔄 Safety Settings
🔶 Stop Loss
🔹 Enable stop loss? = false – Stop Loss is disabled.
🔹 Stop loss at percentage or money drawdown? = PercentageDD – Uses percentage drawdown protection.
🔹 Drawdown money for stop loss = 100.0 – Monetary drawdown threshold.
🔹 Drawdown percentage for stop loss = 50.0 – Stops trading after 50% drawdown.
🔶 Emergency Stop-Out Protection
🔹 Enable emergency stop out protection = true – Activates emergency account protection.
🔹 Margin cushion above broker stop out (%) = 10.0 – Maintains a 10% margin safety buffer.
🔹 Check interval in seconds = 60 – Checks every 60 seconds.
🔹 Set to 0 to disable, or 1–2 for aggressive = 5 – Protection sensitivity is set to 5.
🔶 Drawdown Alerts
🔹 Enable drawdown alerts = true – Enables drawdown notifications.
🔹 Maximum allowed drawdown percentage = 15.0 – Sends alerts at 15% drawdown.
🔹 Alert interval in minutes = 15 – Repeats alerts every 15 minutes.
🔄 Prop Firm Settings
🔹 Enable random time delay for entries = false – Random execution delay is disabled.
🔹 Maximum delay in milliseconds (0–1000) = 30 – Delay parameter is 30 ms.
🔹 Enable prop firm challenge win = false – Automatic challenge completion is disabled.
🔹 Close positions and stop trading at this equity = 110025 – Stops trading once equity reaches 110025.
🔄 Info Panel Settings
🔹 Show info panel? = false – Disables the information dashboard.
🔹 Number of days to calculate trading statistics = 600 – Uses 600 days of history.
🔹 Panel X position = 110 – Horizontal panel position.
🔹 Panel Y position = 20 – Vertical panel position.
🔹 Space between header and first text line = 50 – Header spacing.
🔹 Space between labels and values = 320 – Label spacing.
🔹 Width of the black background = 450 – Panel width.
🔹 Height of the black background = 560 – Panel height.
🔄 Economic News Selection
🔹 Select NFP (Non-Farm Payrolls) = true – Monitors NFP events.
🔹 Select CPI (Consumer Price Index) = true – Monitors CPI releases.
🔹 Select FOMC Meetings/Statements = true – Tracks FOMC announcements.
🔹 Select PPI (Producer Price Index) = true – Monitors PPI.
🔹 Select Retail Sales = true – Tracks Retail Sales reports.
🔹 Select GDP = true – Includes GDP releases.
🔹 Select Fed Interest Rate Decision = true – Monitors Federal Reserve rate decisions.
🔹 Select Unemployment Rate = true – Tracks unemployment data.
🔹 Select Initial Jobless Claims = true – Includes weekly claims.
🔹 Select Average Hourly Earnings = true – Tracks wage reports.
🔹 Select PMI = true – Includes PMI indicators.
🔹 Select JOLTS Job Openings = true – Monitors JOLTS reports.
🔹 Select Fed Chair Speaks = true – Detects Fed Chair speeches.
🔹 Select ECB President Speaks = true – Tracks ECB President speeches.
🔹 Select ECB Press Conference = true – Includes ECB conferences.
🔹 Select ECB Interest Rate Decision = true – Monitors ECB rate decisions.
🔄 Time Settings
🔹 Trade on Monday = true – Enables Monday trading.
🔹 Trade on Tuesday = true – Enables Tuesday trading.
🔹 Trade on Wednesday = true – Enables Wednesday trading.
🔹 Trade on Thursday = true – Enables Thursday trading.
🔹 Trade on Friday = true – Enables Friday trading.
🔹 Using Trade Hour = true – Restricts trading to configured hours.
🔹 Start Hour (Tuesday to Friday) = 3 – Begins trading at 03:00.
🔹 Last Hour (Monday to Thursday) = 20 – Stops opening trades at 20:00.
🔹 Start Hour (Monday) = 3 – Monday starts at 03:00.
🔹 Last Hour (Friday) = 12 – Friday trading ends at 12:00.
🔄 Close End of Day
🔹 Close positions at hour? = false – Automatic end-of-day closing is disabled.
🔹 Hour to close all positions = 23 – Closing hour is 23:00 if enabled.
🔄 Christmas Holiday Filter
🔹 Enable Christmas Holiday Filter = true – Prevents trading during the Christmas period.
🔹 First Trading Day (DD.MM) = 02.01 – Trading resumes on 02 January.
🔹 Last Trading Day (DD.MM) = 23.12 – Trading stops after 23 December.
🔄 Lot Multiplier Settings
🔶 Linear Lot Multiplier
🔹 Only increase lot at full distance intervals = false – Allows flexible lot increases.
🔹 Use ATR-based distance instead of static pips = true – Uses ATR to determine spacing.
🔹 Pips distance for lot increase (if not using ATR) = 5.0 – Static spacing value.
🔹 Lot amount to increase per distance = 0.01 – Increases lots by 0.01.
🔶 ATR Settings
🔹 ATR timeframe for lot multiplier = 1 Day – Uses Daily ATR.
🔹 ATR period for lot multiplier = 2 – ATR length is 2.
🔹 ATR multiplier (0.1 = 10% of ATR for each increase) = 0.5 – Uses 50% of ATR.
🔶 Rolling Volatility
🔹 Rolling Volatility Window (hours) = 7 – Uses a 7-hour window.
🔹 Rolling Vol Weight % = 80 – Gives 80% weighting to rolling volatility.
🔄 Position Count Modifier
🔹 Enable position count modifier = true – Enables dynamic position scaling.
🔹 Positions per modifier step = 3 – Adjusts every 3 positions.
🔹 Change per step = 0.5 – Multiplier changes by 0.5.
🔹 Floor multiplier = 0.5 – Minimum multiplier is 50%.
🔹 Ceiling multiplier = 5.0 – Maximum multiplier is 5×.
🔄 Maximum Lot Size
🔹 Max Lot per 1K balance = 1.0 – Maximum lot is 1.0 per 1,000 balance.
🔹 FixedLot final size = MaxLot – Fixed lot is limited by MaxLot.
🔄 Take Profit Settings
🔹 Money Target per 0.01 starting lot = 3.0 – Targets 3.0 account currency units per 0.01 lot.
🔹 Commission per lot = 7.0 – Commission assumption is 7.0.
🔹 Auto-detect commission from deal history = true – Detects commission automatically.
🔹 Include commission costs in TP calculation = true – Includes commissions in TP.
🔄 Swap Cost Settings
🔹 Include swap costs in TP calculation = true – Accounts for swap charges.
🔹 Broker swap charging method = Full swap on open position at rollover – Uses full rollover swap.
🔄 Grid Settings
🔹 Enable Grid? = true – Enables the grid strategy.
🔹 Minimum minutes between grid positions = 5 – Minimum interval is 5 minutes.
🔹 Apply timer between initial entry and first grid? = true – Uses delay before first grid order.
🔹 SL in pips (only used if grid is disabled) = 20.0 – Stop Loss when grid is disabled.
🔹 Max number of positions in a grid = 100 – Allows up to 100 positions.
🔹 Use max available margin when insufficient for calculated lot? = true – Uses available margin automatically.
🔄 News Filter Settings
🔹 Allow trading on NFP days? = false – Prevents new entries during NFP.
🔹 Enable news filter (for initial positions)? = false – News filter is disabled.
🔹 Filter only selected news? = true – Only selected news events are monitored.
🔹 Disable grid positions during news events? = false – Existing grid remains active.
🔹 Number of days (past and future to load onInit) = 5 – Loads 5 days of news.
🔹 Print news info in journal? = false – Does not log news information.
🔹 Minutes before un-selected news to stop trading = 240 – Stops 240 minutes before unselected news.
🔹 Minutes after un-selected news to start trading = 120 – Resumes 120 minutes afterward.
🔹 Minutes before selected news to stop trading = 600 – Stops 600 minutes before selected news.
🔹 Minutes after selected news to start trading = 5 – Resumes 5 minutes afterward.
🔹 Minutes before to stop grid = 60 – Grid pauses 60 minutes before news.
🔹 Minutes after to start grid = 60 – Grid resumes 60 minutes after news.
🔢 Conclusion
Gold Neural Core EA MT5 is a comprehensive automated Gold trading solution that combines intelligent AutoLot management, adaptive ATR-based lot scaling, advanced grid recovery, comprehensive economic news protection, prop firm support, and multiple account safety mechanisms. Its extensive configuration options allow traders to fine-tune risk management, execution behavior, trading schedules, and recovery logic, making it suitable for both conservative and aggressive trading styles.
🔢 FAQs
❓ What market is Gold Neural Core EA MT5 designed for?
Gold Neural Core EA MT5 is primarily designed for automated trading on XAUUSD (Gold).
❓ Does Gold Neural Core EA MT5 support AutoLot?
Yes. It features an AutoLot system that automatically adjusts position sizes according to the configured risk level and account balance.
❓ Can the EA filter high-impact economic news?
Yes. It supports configurable filters for NFP, CPI, FOMC, GDP, ECB announcements, and many other major economic events.
❓ Does Gold Neural Core EA MT5 include drawdown protection?
Yes. It provides emergency stop-out protection, drawdown alerts, equity protection, and configurable stop-loss mechanisms.
❓ Is Gold Neural Core EA MT5 suitable for prop firm trading?
Yes. The EA includes dedicated prop firm compliance features, risk controls, trading-hour restrictions, and advanced money management options that can be configured for funded account requirements.
