Description

MoonDog EA – Multi-Strategy XAUUSD Breakout Expert Advisor

About MoonDog EA

MoonDog EA is a multi-strategy Expert Advisor developed specifically for trading XAUUSD (Gold) 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 uses its own entry conditions, while all five strategies operate from a single XAUUSD chart.

MoonDog also includes optional 2x ONNX entry filtering, flexible lot-sizing options, MoonLock profit protection, economic-news protection, trading-time controls, and an integrated dashboard with manual trade-management functions.

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

How MoonDog EA Trades

MoonDog’s five modules monitor different breakout and price-expansion conditions.

When an eligible setup appears, the EA may place a Buy Stop or Sell Stop pending order on the broker’s server.

Each order can be prepared with its own:

• Stop Loss
• Take Profit
• Trade identification settings

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

You do not need five separate charts to run all five modules.

Although each module uses separate entry logic, all five trade XAUUSD. Therefore, several positions may be active during the same market move, meaning their total risk can overlap.

Trading Modes

MoonDog Without ONNX

Runs the five-module breakout system without machine-learning entry filtering.

MoonDog with 2x ONNX

Uses two embedded ONNX models to evaluate eligible trading setups and filter entries.

The models run locally inside MetaTrader 5, and no external signal subscription is required.

The EA does not automatically retrain the ONNX models while trading.

ONNX filtering does not guarantee profitable trades or improved performance in every market condition.

Lot Size and Risk Management

MoonDog provides several position-sizing methods.

Fixed Lot

Trades using the lot size manually selected by the user.

Percentage Risk

Calculates 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 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 configured steps as the account balance grows.

This feature is separate from percentage-risk sizing.

Maximum Lot Cap

Limits the maximum lot size calculated by percentage-risk mode.

Important Risk Note

The selected risk percentage applies per trade, not to the entire account.

Because several MoonDog modules may open positions during the same market move, total account exposure can become higher than the risk percentage selected for a single position.

No Martingale or Loss Recovery

MoonDog does not increase lot size because a previous trade lost.

The EA does not use:

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

MoonLock and trailing protection also do not add volume to existing positions.

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

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 select another distance for new orders.

Take Profit targets are also adjustable.

MoonLock Profit Protection

MoonLock monitors the peak profit of an eligible position after its activation threshold has been reached.

The default configuration attempts to protect approximately 50% of the recorded peak profit.

For example, if a position reaches a peak profit of $10, MoonLock may attempt to protect approximately $5 if the market reverses.

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

The default setup combines:

• Physical safety Stop Loss
• Virtual profit protection

Virtual protection can send a market-close request without waiting for the broker to accept a modified Stop Loss.

MoonLock attempts to close the entire position it manages 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 working internet connection

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

News and Trading-Time Protection

MoonDog includes dedicated protection settings for:

• NFP
• CPI
• FOMC

The default news 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.

Traders can configure:

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

Weekend protection pauses new entries and requests cancellation of MoonDog pending orders.

It does not automatically close every open position.

News protection depends on economic-calendar availability, correct event recognition, and successful pending-order cancellation.

Optional 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 if the spread exceeds the selected threshold.

The spread guard is disabled by default.

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

MoonDog also includes optional:

• Daily loss protection for standard accounts
• Configurable prop-firm protection limits

These features must be manually enabled and configured according to the account being used.

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

Dashboard and Manual Controls

MoonDog includes an integrated trading dashboard that displays:

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

An expandable slippage panel can also display recorded entry and exit execution quality.

The dashboard includes three manual control buttons.

Cancel + Pause

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

Resume Entries

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

Other protection rules remain active.

Close Trades

Requests closure of recognized MoonDog positions on the current symbol.

This can include both profitable and losing positions.

Trade cancellation and closure actions require confirmation.

The Close Trades function does not automatically cancel pending orders or pause new entries.

Magic Numbers and order comments are customizable.

Changing an order comment does not hide trading activity from the broker.

Default Configuration

MoonDog starts with the following default settings:

• 2x ONNX: Enabled
• All five 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
• Normal-account daily loss limit
• Prop-firm mode

Included Presets

Six SET-file presets are supplied:

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

Preset names are for configuration purposes only and do not guarantee safety, profitability, or specific performance.

Installation and First Steps

Install MoonDog in MetaTrader 5 and attach it to the appropriate XAUUSD chart.

Before enabling automated trading:

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

Test your configuration on a demo account first.

If you later move 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 can represent significant risk on a small trading account.

Use Cancel + Pause when you want to stop new entries while keeping automated trading active so that virtual protection features such as MoonLock can continue operating.

Backtesting MoonDog EA

MoonDog supports the MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester.

When suitable historical data is available, use:

Every tick based on real ticks

Also use realistic:

• Spreads
• Commissions
• Account specifications
• Leverage
• Execution assumptions

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

Therefore, a standard backtest may not fully reproduce live news-filter behavior.

Backtesting also cannot guarantee real-world:

• Trade fills
• Slippage
• Pending-order cancellation speed
• Broker execution

Historical and backtest performance does not guarantee future results