MoonDog EA MT5 – Multi-Strategy XAUUSD Breakout Expert Advisor

MoonDog EA MT5 is a multi-strategy Expert Advisor developed 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 to monitor multiple breakout and price-expansion setups without requiring separate charts for each strategy.

MoonDog also includes optional 2x ONNX entry filtering, flexible lot-sizing methods, MoonLock profit protection, economic-news filters, trading-time controls, spread protection, and an integrated trading dashboard.

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

How MoonDog EA Works

MoonDog EA MT5 continuously monitors XAUUSD for breakout opportunities using its five independent trading modules.

When an eligible setup is detected, the EA may place a Buy Stop or Sell Stop pending order. Each order can be created with its own Stop Loss, Take Profit, and trade-identification settings.

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

Because all five modules trade the same symbol, more than one position may be active during the same market movement. Traders should therefore consider the combined exposure of multiple open positions.

ONNX Trading Modes

MoonDog can operate with or without ONNX filtering.

Without ONNX

The EA runs its five-module breakout system using its standard trading logic without machine-learning entry filtering.

With 2x ONNX

Two embedded ONNX models are used to evaluate eligible setups and filter potential entries.

The models operate locally inside MetaTrader 5 and do not require an external signal service.

ONNX filtering is designed to add another decision layer to the entry process, but it does not guarantee profitable trades or improved results in every market condition.

Lot Size and Risk Management

MoonDog provides several position-sizing options.

Fixed Lot

Trades using a manually selected lot size.

Percentage Risk

Automatically calculates lot size according to:

• 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, a base risk setting of 1% may result in approximately 1.5% risk on selected qualifying trades, subject to broker lot steps, maximum lot limits, and other EA controls.

Adaptive sizing does not apply to fixed-lot mode.

Automatic Fixed-Lot Growth

Allows the EA to increase a fixed lot size in configured steps as the account balance grows.

Maximum Lot Cap

Sets a maximum limit on the lot size calculated by percentage-risk mode.

The selected risk percentage applies to each individual trade. If several modules open trades at the same time, total account exposure may be higher than the selected risk for one position.

No Martingale or Recovery Grid

MoonDog does not increase position size simply because a previous trade resulted in a loss.

The EA does not use:

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

Changes in lot size may result from the selected risk method, account balance, adaptive sizing, or automatic lot-growth settings.

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 this value can be adjusted according to the user’s configuration.

MoonLock Profit Protection

MoonLock is designed to protect part of a position’s peak profit after its activation conditions are met.

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

For example, if an eligible trade reaches a peak profit of $10, MoonLock may attempt to protect around $5 if the market reverses.

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

MoonLock can use virtual protection to send a trade-close request while maintaining a physical Stop Loss as an additional safety measure.

MoonLock manages the full position and does not rely on partial profit-taking.

Virtual protection requires MetaTrader 5, the EA, automated trading, and the internet connection to remain active.

News Protection

MoonDog includes dedicated protection settings for major economic events, including:

• NFP
• CPI
• FOMC

Default protection windows include:

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.

News protection can pause new entries during selected periods and request cancellation of pending MoonDog orders.

Actual protection depends on calendar availability, event detection, broker execution, and successful pending-order cancellation.

Trading-Time and Weekend Controls

MoonDog allows traders to configure:

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

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

It does not automatically close all existing positions.

Spread and Account Protection

MoonDog includes an optional wide-spread protection system.

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

Additional account-protection options include:

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

These features must be configured according to the user’s own account and trading requirements.

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

Dashboard and Manual Controls

MoonDog includes an integrated dashboard that displays information such as:

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

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

The dashboard provides three main manual controls.

Cancel + Pause

Requests cancellation of MoonDog pending orders and pauses new entries.

Resume Entries

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

Other active protection settings remain in effect.

Close Trades

Requests closure of recognized MoonDog positions on the current symbol.

This may 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.

Default Settings

MoonDog starts with the following main settings:

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

The following options are disabled by default:

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

Included SET Files

MoonDog includes six preset configurations:

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

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

Installation and Setup

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

Before enabling automated trading:

1. Load the preferred SET file.
2. Check the lot size.
3. Review the risk settings.
4. Confirm the Magic Number.
5. Check 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.

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

Backtesting

MoonDog can be tested using the MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester.

When suitable data is available, traders can use:

Every tick based on real ticks

For more realistic testing, also consider:

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

Live economic-calendar filters may not behave exactly the same way during ordinary Strategy Tester runs.

Backtesting cannot fully reproduce live-market conditions such as slippage, order-cancellation speed, liquidity, and broker execution.