{
  "id": 6653,
  "rank": 1044,
  "name": "PriceAction Engulfing Zone EA",
  "aka": [
    "NadirAliOfficial/engulfing-zone-ea"
  ],
  "family": "E",
  "subtype": "E5",
  "one_liner": "A high-probability, low-frequency trading strategy based on swing structure, engulfing patterns, and zones for XAUUSD on M5 timeframe.",
  "market_regime": "trending",
  "timeframes": [
    "M5"
  ],
  "symbols": [
    "XAUUSD"
  ],
  "sessions": [
    "null"
  ],
  "indicators": [],
  "entry_long": [
    "Market is in an UPTREND (Higher Highs + Higher Lows)",
    "A valid Bullish Engulfing forms at a Swing Low",
    "Price leaves the zone (closes above)",
    "Price retests the zone (returns into it)",
    "A NEW Bullish Engulfing forms inside the zone",
    "BUY on next candle open"
  ],
  "entry_short": [
    "Market is in a DOWNTREND (Lower Highs + Lower Lows)",
    "A valid Bearish Engulfing forms at a Swing High",
    "Price leaves the zone (closes below)",
    "Price retests the zone (returns into it)",
    "A NEW Bearish Engulfing forms inside the zone",
    "SELL on next candle open"
  ],
  "exit_rules": [
    "null"
  ],
  "filters": [
    "Spread filter",
    "Zone invalidation",
    "Max 1 trade"
  ],
  "stop_loss": "Zone Low − buffer",
  "take_profit": "1:1 Risk-to-Reward",
  "position_size": "Auto lot sizing scales with account balance ($1,000 → 0.04 lot)",
  "evidence_type": "backtest_shown",
  "completeness": 50.0,
  "signal_warnings": null,
  "claim_warnings": null,
  "opacity_warnings": null,
  "build_warnings": null,
  "canonical": "https://prismaticalgos.com/compendium/algo/6653-priceaction-engulfing-zone-ea",
  "snapshot": "2026-10-31 15:46 UTC",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/NadirAliOfficial/engulfing-zone-ea",
  "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."
}