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Every result below is a 100% real-tick MetaTrader 5 backtest on a live broker feed, with the exact deposit and lot size stated. Maximum drawdown is shown as prominently as return, because it is the number that decides how much capital a system actually needs.
Gold Basket Systems
CharleSMA Pro
v1.83
Multi-layer gold grid · XAUUSD · M5–M15
Our most complete grid engine. It stacks a moving-average entry model on a distance-based averaging grid, then banks the whole basket on a dollar trail rather than a fixed target — so a strong move is allowed to keep paying. A depth stop closes the basket at a preset layer instead of letting it run indefinitely.
Dollar trail exitDepth stopNews filterDD breakerDual-year verified
- Platform
- MT4 · MT5
- Pairs
- XAUUSD
- Timeframe
- M5 – M15
- Style
- Averaging grid
- Min deposit
- $10,000
- Risk control
- Depth stop · DD breaker
Positive in both market years — the strongest risk-adjusted result in the range.
Recommended configurationM56A · M6 · teleStart 100 · DollarStart0 1.5 / Start 3.0 · slInLevel 7 · breaker 20/10
CharleSTC Lite
v1.22
Stochastic rebound grid · XAUUSD · M3–M15
Enters when the stochastic turns up out of an oversold zone, and — critically — only adds to a losing basket when the indicator returns to that zone again. That selectivity is the engine: switching it off for blind price-based averaging halved one year’s return and blew the account in the other.
Selective averagingDirection gateVirtual legsNews filterHighest return
- Platform
- MT4 · MT5
- Pairs
- XAUUSD
- Timeframe
- M3 – M15
- Style
- Rebound grid
- Min deposit
- $10,000 (0.05)
- Risk control
- Direction gate · depth stop
Drawdown is structural. We exhaustively tested tighter stops, smaller multipliers and session filters — every one of them cut the return to near zero. A 45–57% drawdown is the price of this return profile, not a tuning oversight.
Recommended configurationM3 · STC 10/90 K8 rn3 · lotExp 1.5 · slInLevel 13 · MACD H4 direction gate
CharleS10 Pro
v1.02
Trend ladder, two-sided · XAUUSD · M5
A trend-following ladder: every dollar the price advances in your favour adds one more position, and the combined buy+sell float is banked as a whole. Reverse-engineered from 3,652 real fills of a public signal account and verified blind against two further accounts it had never seen.
One-shot ladderCombined basket targetStress escapeBlind-verified ×3
- Platform
- MT4 · MT5
- Pairs
- XAUUSD
- Timeframe
- M5
- Style
- Trend ladder
- Min deposit
- $5,000 (0.02)
- Risk control
- Stress target decay
Seven of seven behavioural metrics landed inside ±25% of the live account it had never been calibrated on. No stop loss in the source configuration — see the risk notes at the foot of this page before quoting it.
Recommended configurationLoads original third-party .set files unchanged · BU/SD 100 pts · target $40 combined
CharleSTC Divergence
v1.72
Low-frequency divergence · XAUUSD · M5–M30
The conservative member of the family. It waits for a divergence between price and the stochastic before opening, which cuts trade count dramatically and keeps the grid shallow — typically three to five layers deep, with drawdowns measured in hundreds rather than thousands.
Divergence entryShallow gridLow frequencyLowest drawdown
- Platform
- MT4 · MT5
- Pairs
- XAUUSD
- Timeframe
- M5 · M15 · M30
- Style
- Divergence grid
- Min deposit
- $2,300 (3 TFs)
- Risk control
- Shallow depth · no SL needed
Roughly 190% a year on twice the maximum drawdown as working capital. The gentlest risk profile we ship.
Recommended configurationM5 divergence be10/se90 N3 · exit off · lot 0.02 — run all three TFs to diversify (~$2,300)
Trend & Breakout
Let’s Algo Trade Zenith
v0.5
N-bar breakout, single position · XAUUSD · M12–M15
Breaks out of an N-bar range with a hard stop and a wide take-profit, reversing on the opposite break. One position at a time — no averaging, no basket. The proprietary Galaxy channel is embedded as a gate, an arrow signal and a mid-line exit.
Hard stop-lossSingle positionReversalHighest 6-month return
- Platform
- MT5
- Pairs
- XAUUSD
- Timeframe
- M12 · M15
- Style
- Breakout, single
- Min deposit
- $10,000
- Risk control
- Hard SL every trade
Every trade carries a hard stop, which is why the drawdown stays at 17.5% on a 500%+ return. Survived 2025 but with 52–78% drawdown — treat the headline figure as regime-dependent. A 0.10-lot all-weather configuration returns 203% at 11.5% drawdown.
Recommended configurationZEN_M12_APEX · M12 N120 · HL40 · SL 1.25 / TP 5.5 × ATR · BE 1.5 · trail 2.5 · martingale OFF
Let’s Algo Trade Compass
v1.0
Multi-timeframe trend follower · XAUUSD · M3
A higher timeframe sets the bias, a lower one times the entry: above the M30 200-EMA it only buys, below it only sells, and it enters on an M3 channel breakout with a fixed 3:1 reward-to-risk. One position, real stop, real target — the most conventional risk profile in the range.
Hard stop-loss3R fixed targetSingle positionAll-weather
- Platform
- MT5
- Pairs
- XAUUSD
- Timeframe
- M3 (M30 bias)
- Style
- MTF trend
- Min deposit
- $1,000 (0.01)
- Risk control
- Hard SL · bias-flip exit
The lowest entry ticket in the range and positive in both years. Pairs well with a mean-reversion system — they profit in opposite market conditions.
Recommended configurationCMP_M3 · M30 200EMA bias · M3 90-SMA channel ±30 pts · SL ATR×3 · TP 3R · BE at 1R · 07–20h
Let’s Algo Trade Double Galaxy
v0.41
Dual-channel fade + stochastic gate · XAUUSD · M15
Two Galaxy channels on different timeframes; when price closes outside both bands the system fades the move, gated by a stochastic extreme and a higher-timeframe MACD direction filter. Highest profit factor in the range, and strongest in the ranging year that hurts the trend systems.
Bar-close confirmedMACD H4 gateRange specialistHighest profit factor
- Platform
- MT4 · MT5
- Pairs
- XAUUSD
- Timeframe
- M15 (M60 pair)
- Style
- Channel fade grid
- Min deposit
- $10,000 (0.05)
- Risk control
- Direction gate · depth stop
Low trade count, high win quality. Entry signals are confirmed on bar close — the per-tick version of the same signal lost money on real ticks, which is why this build only fires on a closed bar.
Recommended configurationM15/M60 · hl100 dev2.5 · FADE · stoch gate 20/80 · per-bar entry · lotExp 1.3 · MACD H4 direction
Mean Reversion
Let’s Algo Trade Magnet
v0.3
EMA fade basket + RSI gate · XAUUSD · M3–M15
When price stretches a set multiple of ATR away from a long EMA, the system fades it and scales in at fixed ATR intervals — flat lot size, not martingale, which testing showed to be actively harmful here. Each basket carries both a dollar target and a hard dollar stop for spike protection.
Flat lotHard basket stopRSI exhaustion gateSmall account friendly
- Platform
- MT5
- Pairs
- XAUUSD
- Timeframe
- M3 · M5 · M15
- Style
- Mean-reversion basket
- Min deposit
- $1,000 (0.02)
- Risk control
- Hard basket SL
Choose the timeframe by market view. M5 is the strongest harvester in a ranging year (+194% at 0.01) but lost the account in the trending year. M15 is the all-weather setting: +22.7% in 2026 and only −8.7% in 2025 — the closest thing to a regime-agnostic configuration we have.
Recommended configurationMAG_C2 · M3 · EMA400 · trigger 2.5 ATR · step 2.0 · TP $18 / SL $25 per 0.01 · RSI 35/65
Read this before you read anything else
The same notes we give our own team when they quote these numbers.
- Grid systems have no stop loss by design.CharleSMA, CharleSTC, CharleS10 and Double Galaxy hold losing positions and average into them. That is how they produce their returns, and it is also how an account can be lost. Every one of them ships with a drawdown breaker — recommend it, and set it.
- Quote the drawdown with the return, every time.A 625% figure alongside a 45% drawdown is a credible sales conversation. The return alone is not, and the customer will discover the difference on their own account.
- Minimum deposit is a hard number, not a suggestion.These systems use a fixed base lot, so the dollar drawdown does not shrink with a smaller account — it just becomes a larger share of it. Below the stated minimum, the recovery path that makes the strategy work is cut off by a margin call.
- Some configurations are regime bets, and we label them.Zenith’s 506% and Magnet’s M5 setting were both measured in a favourable year; the same builds struggled or lost in the other year. Where a system is positive in both years we say so — that is the claim worth selling.
- Past backtest results do not predict future returns.Every figure on this page is a historical simulation on one broker’s data. Live spreads, slippage and execution will differ.
- Nothing here is investment advice.Our products are software tools. You are solely responsible for your own trading decisions, and you should only trade with capital you can afford to lose. Read the full risk disclaimer.
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