Cheetah Gold Scalper — XAUUSD Tick Scalping Robot for MetaTrader 5

Cheetah is an intraday scalping robot for gold that does the opposite of a breakout system: it fades momentum. When XAUUSD accelerates hard in one direction, Cheetah opens against the move and takes the snap-back.

It is deliberately low-frequency for a scalper — two baskets per trading day by default — because fading momentum is a strategy that punishes overtrading.

No martingale. No grid. No averaging down. A stop loss goes on every position immediately after entry.

How it trades

  • Symbol: XAUUSD (gold)
  • Timeframe: any — the robot reads M1 data and raw ticks internally, so the chart timeframe you attach it to does not change its behaviour
  • Entry: fades rapid price accelerations rather than chasing them
  • Exit: proportional profit trailing, so a move that keeps running is not cut short at a fixed target
  • Frequency: a maximum of two baskets per day by default

Risk controls

  • Stop loss placed on every position immediately after it opens
  • Daily basket limit — two per day out of the box
  • Spread filter that skips entries when gold's spread widens
  • Optional daily loss limit and daily profit limit
  • Two configurable trading sessions, so you choose when it is allowed to work
  • Optional break-even stop
  • On-chart dashboard showing trade status and live metrics

Published backtest

Author's Strategy Tester results, 25 May to 25 July 2026: 199 trades, 69.3% won, profit factor 2.56, net result $336.82, maximum balance drawdown 9.24%.

A walk-forward check on July data alone: 64 trades, 81.2% won, profit factor 3.91, net result $129.48.

These are simulated results on historical data, not a live account, and they do not guarantee future performance.

Requirements

  • MetaTrader 5, hedging account
  • ECN or raw-spread account preferred — gold spread is the main cost in a scalping system
  • Minimum deposit $250
  • VPS recommended

Delivery and licensing

Sold, licensed and delivered through the MQL5 Market, including activations, automatic updates, the MQL5 buyer guarantee and a free demo you can run in the Strategy Tester before you buy.