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Lightning Scalper is an MT5 expert advisor for gold (XAUUSD) on the M5 chart. It opens market orders when price reaches virtual breakout triggers and does not use martingale.
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Lightning Scalper is an expert advisor for MetaTrader 5 that trades gold (XAUUSD) on the five-minute chart. It compares price with virtual trigger levels and opens a market order when a breakout-style level is touched.
Instead of placing pending orders, the EA keeps its trigger levels inside the program. When price reaches the buy trigger it sends a buy market order, and when price reaches the sell trigger it sends a sell market order. Because nothing is parked at the broker, there are no pending orders to be rejected or to sit in the book.
The triggers are dynamic, but they do not follow every tick. A trigger is only moved when price has travelled far enough from its original level. This gives price room to actually reach the entry zone, which matters when you study how the system behaves in the Strategy Tester.
The tool is made for XAUUSD on M5 and is tuned for brokers that quote gold with two decimal places. Other symbols or timeframes are not what it was designed for. A fixed-spread mode is available for the tester, which helps with more consistent backtests and avoids odd spread values on custom symbols.
Exact input names and default values can differ, so open the Inputs tab and read each field before you run it. The areas below are the ones to review.
| Area | What to check |
|---|---|
| Lot size or risk | Set a size that suits your balance and your own loss limit. |
| Trigger distance | Controls how far from price the virtual levels sit and when they are moved. |
| Stop loss and take profit | Confirm the distances against your broker's gold contract and stop level. |
| Trailing stop | Review the start and step values against the minimum stop distance. |
| Maximum spread | Pick a limit based on the typical spread you see on your account. |
| Tester spread mode | Use only for backtesting, not for live trading. |
The store does not list a minimum deposit for this product. Check the lot size and your broker's margin requirements for gold before choosing an account size.
Trading leveraged instruments such as gold carries a high level of risk and is not suitable for everyone. Past results and backtests do not predict future performance. Test on a demo account first and only trade with money you can afford to lose.
Run it on a demo account for a period that covers different market conditions before deciding whether it fits your plan.
| Product type | Expert Advisor |
|---|---|
| Platform | MetaTrader 5 (expert advisor) |
| Strategy focus | Gold or XAUUSD, Scalping, Breakout |
| Delivery | Download from your account after purchase |
| License key | Not needed |
| Status | Launching soon |
| Category | Expert advisor, automated trading |
| Market | Gold, XAUUSD (2-digit quote brokers) |
| Timeframe | M5 |
| Trade style | Scalping with breakout-style entries |
| Entry method | Virtual triggers, market orders on touch |
| Requirements | Algo trading enabled; a broker offering XAUUSD |
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This listing is the MT5 build and will only run in MetaTrader 5. A separate MT4 build exists as a different product, so do not try to load this file into MT4.
The EA is designed for XAUUSD on the M5 chart. Your broker may name the symbol slightly differently, such as with a suffix, so check that the symbol is gold and quoted with two decimal places before you attach it.
No. The strategy is described as not using martingale. You should still review the lot size and risk inputs yourself, because position size is the main factor in how much an account can lose.
Yes, and you should. Run it in the Strategy Tester and then on a demo account with your own broker. The tester has a fixed-spread mode, but results on a demo or live account will differ because of real spreads, slippage and execution.
Copy the file into the Experts folder through File, Open Data Folder, MQL5, Experts. Restart MetaTrader 5 or refresh the Navigator, drag the EA onto an XAUUSD M5 chart, and make sure Algo Trading is switched on.
It is optimized for brokers that quote gold with two digits. Spreads, stop levels, execution speed and trading hours differ between brokers, so check these with your broker and test on a demo account first.
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