https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/ Field notes on automated gold trading: Expert Advisor mechanics, MT4/MT5 setup, testing and verification, and the execution costs that decide live results. en Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/points-vs-pips-xauusd-ea/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/points-vs-pips-xauusd-ea/ MetaTrader counts gold in points, traders talk in pips, and the gap between them is a factor of ten. How to tell which unit an input wants before it costs you a position. Wed, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/gold-ea-lot-size-settings/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/gold-ea-lot-size-settings/ The two ways an EA can size a gold trade, what each does to an account as the balance moves, and the settings that quietly turn a 1% plan into something else. Wed, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/ea-trading-hours-server-time/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/ea-trading-hours-server-time/ An EA reads hours in broker server time, which is rarely your time and rarely GMT. How to find the offset, what daylight saving does to it, and how to check the window is right. Wed, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/ea-free-margin-no-trades/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/ea-free-margin-no-trades/ An EA that places no orders is often not broken but out of free margin. What the number means, how open positions eat it, and the checks that separate it from other causes. Wed, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/losing-streak-gold-ea-math/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/losing-streak-gold-ea-math/ How long a losing run to expect at a given win rate, what each risk level does to the balance when it arrives, and the recovery arithmetic that makes deep drawdowns so expensive. Wed, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/backtest-live-mismatch/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/backtest-live-mismatch/ Seven causes ordered by likelihood: curve fitting, unrealistic spread, unmodelled slippage, coarse tick data, broker mismatch, regime change and quiet human intervention. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/mt5-strategy-tester-guide/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/mt5-strategy-tester-guide/ Modelling mode, spread, deposit and the forward period — the five settings that decide whether a backtest means anything, and which report figures to read first. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/metatrader-on-mac/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/metatrader-on-mac/ Four routes compared on whether they genuinely support Expert Advisors, why Apple Silicon removed the easy answer, and where the advisor should actually live. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/run-ea-on-phone/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/run-ea-on-phone/ No — the mobile apps ship without the MQL engine entirely. Why that is structural, what the apps are genuinely good for, and the three setups people use instead. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/multiple-eas-one-account/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/multiple-eas-one-account/ Magic numbers, shared margin nobody is tracking, one advisor per chart — and the combinations that belong on a second account entirely. Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/ea-preset-files-mt4-mt5/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/ea-preset-files-mt4-mt5/ What a .set file stores, the exact folder it belongs in, the step people miss when loading one, and why someone else's preset can quietly hurt your account. Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/ea-not-trading-fix/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/ea-not-trading-fix/ Nine causes in order of likelihood, how to confirm each from the Experts log, and the fix for every one — plus when not trading is the EA working correctly. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/copy-trading-vs-ea/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/copy-trading-vs-ea/ One bets on a person staying disciplined, the other on rules staying valid. The hidden risk in each, real cost structures, and which suits whom. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/ai-trading-bot/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/ai-trading-bot/ What the AI label usually covers, the three things a model can genuinely do, why prediction accuracy is not an edge, and a ten-minute test for any claim. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/what-is-algorithmic-trading/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/what-is-algorithmic-trading/ The three layers inside every algorithm, how retail algo trading differs from institutional, and the specific things automation does and does not fix. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/how-to-use-metatrader-4/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/how-to-use-metatrader-4/ Install and log in, the four windows that do all the work, placing an order with the stop typed first, and installing an Expert Advisor on MT4. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/how-to-use-metatrader-5/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/how-to-use-metatrader-5/ Install and login, reading charts, orders with the stop typed first, the strategy tester, and running your first EA — MT5's four real skills. Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/support-resistance-gold/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/support-resistance-gold/ Zones not lines, round-number magnetism, the wick-hunt trap — and how to trade levels with stops the hunt can't reach. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/how-do-trading-robots-work/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/how-do-trading-robots-work/ The tick-to-order pipeline, the risk module, session filters, what automation genuinely does better — and what no robot can ever do. Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/what-is-xauusd/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/what-is-xauusd/ Gold's currency code decoded — the quote, pips and lots, spot vs futures vs ETFs, and how XAUUSD differs from owning metal. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/trade-gold-with-100/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/trade-gold-with-100/ The cent-account and 0.01-lot math, what $100 can realistically do, the mistakes that destroy tiny accounts, and the tuition-first growth path. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/best-indicators-gold-trading/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/best-indicators-gold-trading/ Why indicators describe rather than predict, the minimal honest stack (trend MA, ATR, sessions), and the indicator-soup myth that costs money. Sun, 02 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/free-gold-signals/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/free-gold-signals/ How signal channels really earn, the 6 red flags of XAUUSD signal scams, why even honest signals underperform — and the transparent alternatives. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/gold-price-prediction/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/gold-price-prediction/ Why bank and AI forecasts keep missing, what genuinely drives XAUUSD, and how traders profit by reacting with rules instead of predicting. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/best-forex-robot/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/best-forex-robot/ Skip the affiliate top-10 lists — the 7-point verification checklist that eliminates most robots, and what a legitimate EA actually looks like. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/is-forex-trading-profitable/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/is-forex-trading-profitable/ The broker-disclosed loss statistics, the four controllable reasons most accounts lose, and what the profitable minority does differently. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/gold-investment-vs-trading/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/gold-investment-vs-trading/ Physical, ETFs and XAUUSD CFDs compared by goal, risk, cost and horizon — and an honest sorting of which path fits which person. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/how-to-trade-gold-xauusd/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/how-to-trade-gold-xauusd/ From your first broker account to your first rule-based trade — pips, lots, sessions, strategies, risk rules and the manual vs automated decision. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/gold-slippage-explained/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/gold-slippage-explained/ The variable execution cost — latency, thin liquidity and gaps, when gold slips hardest, why backtests hide it, and how to keep it a rounding error. Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/best-leverage-xauusd/ https://xauusdrobot.com/blog/best-leverage-xauusd/ 1:100 or 1:500? The margin math, the leverage-risk myth almost everyone believes, stop-out mechanics — and the honest answer for EA users. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000