# Collie Gold

A MetaTrader 5 Expert Advisor for gold that trades small baskets with a stop loss and grows its lot size with the account balance.

Canonical: https://prismaticalgos.com/compendium/algo/10124-collie-gold
Record ID: 10124
Catalog rank: 1403 (reading order, not performance)
Snapshot: 2026-10-31 15:46 UTC
Family: Grid, Martingale & Averaging (C)
Source: https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/200222
Evidence label (unverified): backtest_shown

## Scope and limitations

These are machine-extracted research records, not verified trading systems. Catalog rank measures specification detail and claimed evidence, not profitability. The catalog extraction pipeline did not independently backtest these records. Its separate selected testing ledger does not validate the wider corpus. Rules, labels and parameters can be incomplete or wrong; consult the original source and its reuse terms.

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## Extraction warnings

Claim warnings: IMPLAUSIBLE WIN RATE: claimed 98.9%. Sustained win rates this high on retail FX effectively only occur when losses are deferred rather than taken (grid/martingale) or when the test is broken.; HIGH PROFIT FACTOR: claimed 5.02. Treat as an in-sample or curve-fitted figure until reproduced out of sample.; RECOVERY SIZING: position size increases after losses (martingale/grid/averaging). Equity curves look smooth until the run that does not recover - judge it on worst-case exposure, not win rate.; GRID SIGNATURE: a 98.9% win rate combined with recovery sizing is the classic profile of a system that wins often and loses everything rarely. The win rate is not the risk.
Opacity warnings: UNDEFINED ENTRY TERM: the entry conditions are prose naming a concept with no numeric definition, so two readers would implement them differently. Advisory only -- this does not affect the score.

## Recorded profile

- symbols: XAUUSD, XAUUSD+, GOLD
- timeframes: any
- sessions: 24/7, VPS recommended
- market_regime: volatile|any

## Indicators

No indicator stack recorded.

## Recorded long-entry rules

- not explicitly stated

## Recorded short-entry rules

- not explicitly stated

## Recorded exit rules

- closes at a short target, adds entries if price moves against it, closes the whole basket once price comes back a little past the average entry

## Recorded filters

- news filter
- pause on FOMC and payroll days
- short Friday

## Risk controls

- Stop loss: every basket has a stop, estimated cost varies by profile
- Take profit: not explicitly stated
- Position sizing: grows with the account balance, varies by profile