Extracted algorithm research record
Kestrel XAU MT5
Trades gold at key price levels with tight stops and fixed take-profit, designed for small accounts.
Source & extraction context
Evidence label: backtest_shown (source claim, not independent verification). Recorded completeness: 50.0/100. Neither is a performance result.
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Extraction warnings
Claim warnings
- 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.
Recorded market & execution profile
- Recorded markets
- XAUUSD
- Recorded timeframes
- M15
- Recorded sessions
- active part of the gold trading day
- Recorded regime
- any
Recorded indicators & parameters
| Indicator | Parameters | Applied to |
|---|---|---|
| No indicator stack was recorded. This does not establish a price-action-only strategy. | ||
Extracted strategy rules
Recorded long-entry rules
- price breaks through a major psychological price level for the first time in a session
Recorded short-entry rules
- price breaks through a previous month's extreme for the first time in a session
Recorded exit rules
- take-profit is twice the size of the stop-loss
Recorded filters
- only one position at a time
- maximum holding time
- Stop loss
- tight broker-side stop-loss placed with the order
- Take profit
- fixed take-profit twice the size of the stop-loss
- Position sizing
- Fixed lot size 0.01 for small accounts; Percent of balance 0.5% per trade for larger accounts
Questions about this record
What entry rules are recorded for Kestrel XAU MT5?
Long: price breaks through a major psychological price level for the first time in a session Short: price breaks through a previous month's extreme for the first time in a session These are unverified extracted rules.
Which markets and timeframes are recorded?
Markets: XAUUSD. Timeframes: M15. These are source-recorded labels, not verified execution behavior.