Gold Tide
A martingale ladder for gold: it adds to the position in fixed steps and closes the whole basket in profit with a trailing take profit. A trend guard keeps it out of strong trends and every basket has a hard cut. Cent accounts only - a higher-risk EA than our others.
Results
Backtest of Gold Tide v1.23 (the version partners get), Jan 2024 - Oct 2026, Vantage XAUUSD, 99% real ticks, 0.30 start lot. 30 of 34 months positive; 2024 +$430,488, 2025 +$1,283,483, 2026 to October +$2,646,177. The drawdown is shown per 0.01 start lot because a ladder is sized to the capital behind it.
How it trades
Recovery ladder
It opens a small position and adds more at fixed steps when gold moves against it, so the basket can close in profit on a small pullback.
Trailing basket exit
A trailing take profit closes the whole basket together and lets a good move run.
Hard cut on every basket
A basket that grows too deep is closed - the ladder never runs without a limit.
Trend guard
New baskets pause while gold is building a strong trend, and the same side waits a day after a cut.
Friday and holiday cut-offs
No new basket late on Friday or before market holidays.
Decided by our server
Every new basket is decided by our licence server - the same for every partner.
What you need
Suggested capital = 3 times the worst drawdown in our backtest, or 33 times its biggest single loss if that is more - so the worst stretch we tested costs at most a third of the account, and one losing trade about 3%.
Lot size by deposit
Our recommendation: a cent account, from $630
Gold Tide runs on cent accounts only. $630 (63,000 USC) runs it at 0.01 start lot; the worst drawdown in our test would have cost about $209 of it. Double the deposit, double the start lot. Withdraw profits regularly - a ladder carries more risk than our other EAs.
Our server sets the most this EA can trade from your balance, so the account is never over-lotted. Bigger balance, bigger lot. Running several EAs on one account? Add up their amounts - the balance is shared.
| Deposit | USD account | Cent account |
|---|---|---|
| $630 | cent only | 0.01 |
| $1,260 | cent only | 0.02 |
| $3,150 | cent only | 0.05 |
| $6,300 | cent only | 0.10 |
| $12,600 | cent only | 0.20 |
Max lot per order for this EA alone (start lot of the ladder). Cent lots are 100 times smaller, so a cent account can start from $50. "-" = deposit too small for this EA.
Get it free
Open your account
Open a live MT5 account through one of our broker links.
Apply
Fill in the partner form with your MT5 account number and sign the agreement.
Approval
We check the account is under our link - usually within a day.
Download and trade
Your status page gives the EA, your licence key and the install steps.