GoldBot Air v3
"Make Trading EA-Sier"
Our automated XAUUSD EA, rebuilt for today's faster gold market: entries on GoldBot SideKick Signals, winners that lock profit and ride the move, a news pause with countdown, spread control, the London session, a market close break and a recovery that stays small. One licence key runs every GoldBot EA.
locked +$2.50
IN TRADE
signal 41 · needs > 95
WAIT SIGNAL
Illustration of the v3 panel
Automated gold trading, with the brakes built in
GoldBot Air runs a BUY side and a SELL side on XAUUSD at the same time. Each side waits for a GoldBot SideKick Signal, opens one small trade and, once it is $3 in profit, locks +$1.50 and rides the move with a trailing stop. If a trade loses first, a recovery sequence with larger lots works to win the loss back.
v3 keeps the v2.5 recovery engine and gives it firm limits: entries only on SideKick Signals, winners that keep their profit instead of reopening bigger, recovery capped at 13 × the start lot (0.13 lot at 0.01) instead of growing to a 5-lot cap, a recovery break after every 2 losses, a news pause, spread control, the London session and, since v3.50, a market close break.
Version 3.60
built on v2.5
Built on v2.5, the last public release. The v3.60 defaults and the best result below come from more than 100 MT5 Strategy Tester runs on real broker ticks. Older test builds (v2.4 and the August v3.0–v3.2 builds) were never released and are withdrawn.
Everything Built Into GoldBot Air v3
GoldBot SideKick Signals
No random entries. Each side waits for the built-in SideKick Signal Detector: it buys when the signal drops below 5 and sells when it rises above 95, so only deep dips and strong spikes start a trade. An optional trend filter can limit BUYs to uptrends and SELLs to downtrends.
NEW IN v3Ride & Trail Winners
A winning trade isn't closed at a small target. At +$3 its stop moves to +$1.50, locking profit at the broker, then trails $1.50 behind the best price in $0.50 steps. A spike that keeps running stays in one trade; a choppy market closes it in profit.
NEW IN v3.2Recovery Limit, Your Choice
Limit a losing basket by max lot (default: 13 × your start lot, so 0.13 at 0.01; recovery continues, no trade gets bigger) or by max sequences (after REC-5 the side accepts the loss and waits for a new signal). Big recovery lots were the main source of losses in testing, so the cap now scales with your lot.
UPDATED IN v3.60News Pause & Countdown
No new trades from 60 minutes before to 120 minutes after high-impact USD news, read live from the MT5 economic calendar. The panel's news bar counts down to the next release, names it and shows when trading resumes. Open trades keep being managed.
NEW IN v3.30Spread Control
No new trades while the gold spread is wider than $0.60, such as at the daily reopen. The spread chip on the panel turns red above the limit and the side shows SPREAD HIGH.
NEW IN v3.30London Session
New trades only from 07:00 to 12:00 UTC, the hours that tested best: trading all hours lost money in three of four test periods. GoldBot trades are closed when the window ends, and the EA detects your broker's server offset automatically.
DEFAULTMarket Close Break
90 minutes before the daily or weekend close no new trades open. 60 minutes before the close any GoldBot trade still open is closed and its loss stays in the recovery record, and trading resumes 60 minutes after the market opens. Market hours come from your broker. No more trades caught by the wide reopen spread.
NEW IN v3.50Recovery with a Break
A $3 loss cut switches the side to recovery: lots grow ×2.0 per step up to the cap, aiming to win back the loss plus the profit the first trade was going for. After every 2 losses in a row the side pauses until a new signal, and an unfinished recovery is dropped at the new trading day instead of being carried on.
UPDATED IN v3.60Fixed $ Stops + Emergency SL
A clear $3 stop-loss distance, an optional SL multiplier per recovery step (capped at $12), and an emergency broker stop at 2.5× the SL on every trade in case the terminal or connection fails.
NEW IN v3Daily Target & Profit Protection
A 2% daily target (with a 10% buffer) measured on the real day P/L, so reloading the EA never resets the day. Profit protection arms at a floating profit, trails upward and locks gains when the market turns.
COREYou Stay in Control
CLOSE ALL on the panel closes every GoldBot trade and ends both streaks: nothing reopens until a new signal. Optionally, closing a GoldBot trade yourself ends that side's streak too. Optionally, close GoldBot trades too when a news window starts.
NEW IN v3New v3 Panel
GoldBot Air logo, status pill (incl. NEWS PAUSE), licence, equity and drawdown, today's real P/L with a target bar, both side cards with the locked ride profit, SIGNAL, trend, session, spread and ENTRIES chips, a list of open trades, the news and market close countdown bars, protection state, and buttons to reset, pause, close a side or close all GoldBot trades.
NEW IN v3How GoldBot Air v3 Trades
Wait for a signal
Inside the London session, away from high-impact news and with a normal spread, a side with no open trade waits for the SideKick Signal Detector: BUY below 5, SELL above 95. The panel shows WAIT SIGNAL until it comes.
Open one small trade
The signal opens 0.01 lot (your InitialLot) with a $3 stop-loss and an emergency stop at the broker.
Lock, then ride
At +$3 the stop moves to +$1.50, so the trade is protected in profit at the broker. From there it trails $1.50 behind the best price, so a long move keeps paying.
Wait for the next signal
When the ride closes the streak ends. The lot never grows on a winner, and the side waits for a fresh signal instead of chasing the market.
Recover a loss, within limits
If the trade hits its $3 stop first, recovery trades with larger lots aim to win back the loss and the missed profit, never above 13 × the start lot (0.13). After every 2 losses in a row the side waits for a new signal before the next step.
Bank the day
At the 2% daily target, when profit protection locks, or when the London window closes, the day is done. Before the daily and weekend close the EA steps aside, and a new day starts with a clean slate.
🚦 SideKick Signals
Only for the first trade of a new streak🏄 Ride & Trail
How a winning trade is managed🔄 Recovery Logic
Small steps, firm limitsv3.60: +14.0% in two months
| Aug 28 – Oct 28 2026 · 22,748 USC | Result | Max drawdown |
|---|---|---|
| Best run max recovery lot 0.60 (MaxRecoveryLotX = 20) | +3,179 USC +14.0% · PF 1.19 | 8.6% |
| Max recovery lot 0.40, win target $4 | +2,763 USC +12.1% | 5.3% |
| Max recovery lot 0.30 | +2,670 USC +11.7% | 5.2% |
MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester, every tick based on real ticks, GTC live server, XAUUSD M5, start lot 0.03. Settings used: all hours (UseSessionWindow = false), recovery lots ×2.0, signals 5 / 95, news filter off, everything else default. These are not the release defaults, which trade the London session only and aim for a smaller drawdown.
What this number is, and is not: it is the best result from more than 100 backtests across several periods, so it shows what GoldBot Air can do in a good market. It is not a typical or expected result: the same settings lost money in other periods we tested. Past and simulated results do not guarantee future results.
1. Backtest it yourself
Run the MT5 Strategy Tester on your broker's data with "Every tick based on real ticks", on several different months, not just one. The tester runs without a licence key.
2. Demo for weeks, not days
Run it on a demo account for at least 3–4 weeks with your free demo key, through good and bad market days, before you think about real money.
3. Then start small
0.01 lot per 10,000 USD (or USC) or less, on low-spread gold (about $0.30 or less). Scale only InitialLot: the recovery lot cap follows it. Never trade money you cannot afford to lose.
Key Input Settings (v3.60 defaults)
Signals & Session
v3Winning Streak
v3.2Recovery
coreProtection & Control
coreThe zip includes ready presets: GoldBotAir-v3-Standard.set and GoldBotAir-v3-Cent-200000USC.set. Load one in the EA's Inputs tab. Updating from an earlier v3? Load the new preset (or remove and re-attach the EA) so the v3.60 defaults apply: MT5 keeps your old saved inputs otherwise.
What You Need to Get Started
Platform
MT5MetaTrader 5 only. One XAUUSD chart per account.
Instrument
XAUUSDBuilt and tested on gold.
Min. Capital
$2,000Standard account at 0.01 lot, or 200,000 USC on a cent account. In the v3.0 study: 15% max DD on $2,000, 29% on $1,000, 53% on $500.
Spread
≤ $0.30Low-spread gold is essential. The EA opens nothing while the spread is above $0.60.
Account Type
HedgingBUY and SELL sides run at the same time.
VPS
RecommendedKeep MT5 running through the London session (07–12 UTC).
Demo first
3–4 weeksStart with the free demo key, then small live size.
Also yours: GoldBot CandleGuard
Trade by hand? CandleGuard puts a stop-loss beyond the last candle and a take-profit on every manual trade the moment you open it, trails the rest after a partial close, and scans 18 candlestick patterns on M1, M5 and M15. An optional AUTO mode trades a small, tested pattern basket with strict safeguards. Everything CandleGuard does →
- Runs on MetaTrader 5, built for XAUUSD
- Uses the same licence key as GoldBot Air: no second payment
- Manual helper and AUTO basket presets in the zip
- GoldBot SideKick joins the same key when it launches
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Install & Activate GoldBot Air v3
About five minutes. CandleGuard installs the same way, with the same key.
📥 Download and unzip
Download GoldBot Air v3 above (or from My Licence) and unzip it. It contains the EA, two presets, a README and the changelog.
📂 Copy the files
In MetaTrader 5 click
File → Open Data Folder. CopyMQL5\Experts\GoldBotAir_v3.ex5into MQL5\Experts and the.setfiles into MQL5\Presets.🧹 Remove older versions
Take any older GoldBot Air version off your charts. Updating an earlier v3? Replace the old presets too: they contain inputs that no longer exist.
📈 Attach to one XAUUSD chart
Navigator (
Ctrl+N) → Expert Advisors → right-click → Refresh. Drag GoldBotAir_v3 onto one XAUUSD chart. In the Common tab tick Allow Algo Trading.🔑 Load a preset, paste your key
Inputs → Load → GoldBotAir-v3-Standard (or the Cent preset), then paste your key into LicenseKey. On a cent account set InitialLot = balance ÷ 200,000 (50,000 USC → 0.25).
✅ Check it's running
The Algo Trading button must be green. The Experts tab (
Ctrl+T) showsLICENSE VALID, the start-of-day equity, the session window in UTC and how many high-impact news events were loaded. Keep MT5 running (VPS).
🔑 Key not accepted
- Copy the key from My Licence, don't type it
- A key only works on the account number it was issued for
- Check the expiry in My Licence. When a key expires the EA opens no new trades but keeps managing open ones
🚦 No trades opening
- WAIT SIGNAL means the side is waiting for a SideKick Signal (below 5 or above 95). Deep signals are rarer, so quiet days are normal
- BREAK - WAIT SIGNAL: 2 losses in a row, the next recovery step waits for a new signal
- MARKET CLOSING / MARKET BREAK: the daily or weekend close is near, the market bar shows when trading resumes
- WAIT NEW SIGNAL after a ride or CLOSE ALL: the signal must leave the zone and come back
- Outside 07:00–12:00 UTC the panel shows OUT OF SESSION: that's normal
- NEWS PAUSE: high-impact news is near, the news bar shows when trading resumes
- SPREAD HIGH: the spread is above your MaxSpread
- ALGO OFF means the Algo Trading button is off
- TARGET HIT / DAY DONE: the daily target was reached
🧪 Testing first?
- The Strategy Tester runs without a key (the news filter needs a live or demo connection and is off in the tester)
- Use the free 5-day demo key on a demo account
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