MoonDog EA MT5 – Multi-Strategy XAUUSD Breakout Expert Advisor

MoonDog EA MT5 is a multi-strategy Expert Advisor designed specifically for automated XAUUSD (Gold) trading on the MetaTrader 5 (MT5) platform.

The EA combines five independent breakout modules:

• Moon Nova
• Moon Apex
• Moon Zenith
• Moon Pulse
• Moon Eclipse

Each module follows its own entry conditions while all five operate from a single XAUUSD chart. This allows MoonDog EA to monitor several breakout and price-expansion setups without requiring multiple charts.

MoonDog EA also includes optional 2x ONNX entry filtering, flexible money-management options, MoonLock profit protection, economic-news protection, trading-time controls, spread protection, and an integrated dashboard for trade monitoring and manual control.

The EA does not use Martingale, recovery grids, or averaging down to recover previous losses.

How MoonDog EA MT5 Trades

MoonDog continuously monitors the Gold market through its five independent breakout modules.

When a qualifying trading setup appears, the EA may place a Buy Stop or Sell Stop pending order.

Each trade can be configured with its own:

• Stop Loss
• Take Profit
• Trade identification settings
• Risk and position-sizing rules

Once a position is opened, MoonDog manages it according to the selected trade-management and protection settings.

All five modules can operate from one chart, so separate charts are not required.

Because every module trades XAUUSD, several positions may sometimes be active during the same market movement. Traders should therefore consider the combined exposure of multiple open trades.

MoonDog EA MT5 ONNX Trading Modes

MoonDog EA can operate with or without machine-learning entry filtering.

MoonDog Without ONNX

The EA runs its standard five-module breakout strategy without ONNX filtering.

MoonDog EA MT5 with 2x ONNX

Two embedded ONNX models evaluate eligible trading setups and help filter potential entries.

The models operate locally inside MetaTrader 5, so no external signal subscription is required.

The ONNX models do not automatically retrain themselves during live trading.

ONNX filtering adds another decision layer to the trading process but does not guarantee profitable trades or better performance in every market condition.

MoonDog EA MT5 Lot Size and Risk Management

MoonDog provides several position-sizing methods to suit different trading preferences.

Fixed Lot

Trades using a manually selected lot size.

Percentage Risk

Automatically calculates the position size based on:

• Account balance
• Selected risk percentage
• Initial Stop Loss distance

Adaptive Sizing

When 2x ONNX and percentage-risk mode are enabled, selected higher-scored setups may use approximately 1.5× the base risk.

For example, if the base risk is set to 1%, selected qualifying trades may use approximately 1.5% risk, subject to broker lot steps, maximum lot limits, and other EA checks.

Adaptive sizing does not apply to fixed-lot mode.

Automatic Fixed-Lot Growth

Allows the fixed lot size to increase in predefined steps as the account balance grows.

This feature operates separately from percentage-risk sizing.

Maximum Lot Cap

Allows traders to limit the maximum lot size calculated by the percentage-risk system.

Important Risk Note

The selected risk percentage applies to each trade individually.

If several MoonDog modules open trades at the same time, total account exposure may become higher than the risk percentage selected for a single position.

No Martingale or Recovery System

MoonDog does not increase lot size simply because a previous trade ended in a loss.

The EA does not use:

• Martingale
• Recovery grids
• Averaging down
• Loss-recovery position scaling

MoonLock and other protection systems also do not add additional volume to an existing position.

Lot sizes may change because of account balance, the selected sizing method, adaptive ONNX scoring, or automatic lot-growth settings.

MoonDog EA MT5 Stop Loss, Take Profit and MoonLock

MoonDog includes configurable Stop Loss and Take Profit settings.

The default initial Stop Loss is 20 Gold pips, although traders can adjust this distance according to their own configuration.

Take Profit levels are also configurable.

MoonLock Profit Protection

MoonLock is designed to protect part of a trade’s peak profit after the selected activation conditions are reached.

The default setting aims to protect approximately 50% of the recorded peak profit.

For example, if an eligible position reaches a peak profit of $10, MoonLock may attempt to protect approximately $5 if price moves back against the trade.

This is a protection target and does not guarantee the final closing profit.

MoonDog can combine:

• Physical Stop Loss protection
• Virtual profit protection

Virtual protection can send a market-close request when its conditions are met.

MoonLock manages the entire position and does not use partial profit-taking.

Virtual protection requires:

• MetaTrader 5 to remain open
• MoonDog EA to remain active
• Automated trading to remain enabled
• A stable internet connection

Market gaps, slippage, execution delays, or rejected trade requests can still affect the final closing price.

MoonDog EA MT5 Economic News Protection

MoonDog includes dedicated protection settings for major economic events such as:

• NFP
• CPI
• FOMC

The default protection windows are:

NFP: 30 minutes before and 60 minutes after
CPI: 30 minutes before and 60 minutes after
FOMC: 60 minutes before and 150 minutes after

A separate general economic-news filter is also available.

The EA can restrict new entries during selected news periods and request cancellation of pending MoonDog orders.

News protection depends on calendar availability, correct event recognition, broker execution, and successful order cancellation.

MoonDog EA MT5 Trading-Time and Weekend Protection

MoonDog allows traders to configure:

• Daily trading hours
• Automatic weekend protection
• Custom weekend-pause times

Weekend protection can pause new entries and request cancellation of pending orders.

It does not automatically close every existing position.

MoonDog EA MT5 Spread and Account Protection

MoonDog includes an optional wide-spread protection system.

When enabled, the EA can pause new entries and request cancellation of MoonDog pending orders when the spread exceeds the selected threshold.

The spread guard is disabled by default.

It cannot completely eliminate slippage or guarantee that a pending order will be cancelled before execution.

Additional protection options include:

• Daily loss protection
• Configurable prop-firm limits
• Maximum lot controls
• Entry restrictions

These features must be enabled and configured according to the trader’s own account and requirements.

Prop-firm settings do not guarantee compliance with every firm’s trading rules.

MoonDog EA MT5 Dashboard and Manual Controls

MoonDog includes an integrated dashboard that displays useful trading and account information, including:

• Trading mode
• Module status
• Entry restrictions
• Account information
• Protection status

An expandable slippage panel can also help users review recorded entry and exit execution quality.

The dashboard includes three main manual controls.

Cancel + Pause

Requests cancellation of recognized MoonDog pending orders and pauses new trade entries.

Resume Entries

Removes the manual trading pause after pending-order cleanup is complete.

Other active protection rules remain in place.

Close Trades

Requests closure of recognized MoonDog positions on the current symbol.

This can include both profitable and losing positions.

Closing trades does not automatically cancel pending orders or pause new entries.

Magic Numbers and order comments can also be customized.

MoonDog EA MT5 Default Configuration

MoonDog starts with the following main settings:

• 2x ONNX: Enabled
• All five trading modules: Enabled
• Fixed lot size: 0.01
• Initial Stop Loss: 20 Gold pips
• MoonLock: Enabled
• MoonLock protection level: 50%
• NFP protection: Enabled
• CPI protection: Enabled
• FOMC protection: Enabled
• Weekend protection: Enabled

The following features are disabled by default:

• Adaptive sizing
• Automatic lot growth
• General economic-news filter
• Wide-spread protection
• Daily loss protection
• Prop-firm mode

MoonDog EA MT5 Included SET Files

MoonDog includes six preset configurations:

• Default
• Fixed
• Low Risk
• Adaptive
• No ONNX
• High Risk

These preset names describe different configurations only. They do not guarantee safety, profitability, or specific trading performance.

MoonDog EA MT5 Installation and First Steps

Install MoonDog EA MT5 and attach it to the appropriate XAUUSD chart.

Before enabling automated trading:

1. Load the preferred SET file.
2. Review the lot size.
3. Check the risk settings.
4. Confirm the Magic Number.
5. Review ONNX and protection settings.
6. Enable automated trading.

It is recommended to test the EA on a demo account first before using it with real funds.

If moving to a live account, consider starting with the smallest suitable lot size while monitoring spread, execution quality, and dashboard activity.

Even a 0.01 lot size may represent significant risk depending on account balance, leverage, broker conditions, and Gold market volatility.

Backtesting MoonDog EA MT5

MoonDog EA MT5 supports the MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester.

When suitable historical data is available, traders can use:

Every tick based on real ticks

For more realistic testing, also consider:

• Spread
• Commission
• Account specifications
• Leverage
• Execution assumptions

Live economic-calendar filtering may not be fully reproduced during ordinary Strategy Tester runs.

Backtesting also cannot completely reproduce real-market conditions such as:

• Slippage
• Order fills
• Pending-order cancellation speed
• Liquidity
• Broker execution

Historical and backtest performance does not guarantee future results.

Risk Disclaimer

Trading XAUUSD, Forex, and CFDs involves significant financial risk and may result in partial or complete loss of trading capital.

The absence of Martingale does not eliminate trading risk. Stop Losses, MoonLock, news filters, spread protection, and account-protection settings cannot guarantee a maximum loss during market gaps, extreme volatility, internet interruptions, or broker execution problems.

Always test the EA carefully and use position sizes and risk settings appropriate for your account.

Historical results, backtests, algorithms, and ONNX models do not guarantee future profitability.