# EFA Gold Return Ticket

Multi-timeframe Expert Advisor for XAUUSD using D1, H4, and M30 timeframes to detect pullback-and-resumption entries.

Canonical: https://prismaticalgos.com/compendium/algo/9037-efa-gold-return-ticket
Record ID: 9037
Catalog rank: 2315 (reading order, not performance)
Snapshot: 2026-10-31 15:46 UTC
Family: Grid, Martingale & Averaging (C)
Source: https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/189180
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: 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.
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
- timeframes: M30
- sessions: Not specified
- market_regime: trending|volatile

## Indicators

No indicator stack recorded.

## Recorded long-entry rules

- D1 fast/slow trend alignment defines the broader direction
- H4 location provides intermediate trend context
- M30 detects a pullback followed by renewed movement in the prevailing direction

## Recorded short-entry rules

- Not specified.

## Recorded exit rules

- time stop closes positions that remain open beyond the configured holding limit

## Recorded filters

- maximum spread, minimum free margin, broker stop-level and freeze-level checks
- daily loss and total equity drawdown guards
- maximum simultaneous-position and same-bar duplicate-order protection
- trade-error cooldown and explicit retcode diagnostics
- indicator-history readiness and CopyBuffer fail-safe handling
- weekend and trading-session controls

## Risk controls

- Stop loss: defined broker-server-time exclusion block prevents entries during the locked invalid period
- Take profit: default take profit is 1.8R and can be disabled
- Position sizing: fixed Lot and Risk Percent position-sizing modes, per-trade risk cap, absolute volume cap