This Exact Setup Turned $10 Into $10,627 in Only 21 Days (Full Strategy Exposed)
Loses money
No edge after realistic trading costs
- trades tested
- 1,620
- per trade after costs
- -3.56bp
- winners
- 13%
- years of data
- 17.5
A high-frequency momentum scalp on Gold (XAUUSD) executed immediately at the 6:00 PM EST market reopen to exploit post-maintenance volatility. The strategy enters on the initial direction of the reopen, cuts losses instantly, and flips direction if the initial move fails.
The exact rules we tested
- 01Instrument: XAUUSD | Signal timeframe: 1m | Direction: both
- 02Session: 18:00-18:05 (exchange tz), flat at session end
- 03No new entries after 18:02
- 04Entry: stop order at the break of or1.high (longs) / or1.low (shorts) (expires after 1 bars)
- 05Stop: at the or1.low (longs) / or1.high (shorts) level
- 06Target: 3.0R (risk-multiple of stop)
- 07Time exit after 2 bars