Quick Summary:
ThunderGold Scalper by Jorge Luiz Guimaraes De Araujo Dias is a XAUUSD (Gold) Expert Advisor for MetaTrader 5 on the M15 timeframe. A multi-factor decision engine — market structure, trend direction, candle quality, volume and momentum — waits for qualified conditions rather than trading continuously. There is no grid: every position opens with an automatic stop loss and take profit, managed by a dynamic trailing stop. Around that sits a deep execution layer covering news, holidays, slippage and overtrading. It is the sister product to TwisterPro Scalper.
Official MQL5 Listing:
ThunderGold Scalper — MQL5 Marketplace
Developer’s Live Signal:
ThunderGold Scalper — MQL5 live signal (TMGM)

Why ThunderGold Scalper
- Gold specialist on M15 — developed for XAUUSD and GOLD symbols, not adapted from a forex system
- No grid, real stops — an automatic stop loss and take profit on every position, plus a dynamic trailing stop, with no averaging into losers
- Multi-factor entry engine — market structure, trend direction, candle quality, volume and momentum must align before a trade opens
- Waits rather than trades — built to hold off until conditions qualify instead of opening positions continuously
- High-impact news filter — configurable blocking windows before and after events, with selectable currencies
- Holiday and market-closure protection — steps aside around thin, unpredictable sessions
- Slippage adjustment system — meaningful on gold, where execution quality directly affects a scalper’s results
- Daily trade limit and cooldown — prevents overtrading after a burst of activity
- Risk-based or fixed-lot sizing — with the developer recommending 0.5%–1% risk and naming 2% as the ceiling
- Low entry requirement — a $100 minimum recommended deposit and 0.01 starting lot
Live Signal Snapshot

- Broker and leverage: TMGM at 1:500, roughly 11 weeks tracked
- Verifiable record: $100 initial deposit to about $191.90 — approximately $91.90 profit, with $0 deposits and $0 withdrawals
- Profit trades: 76.8%, with a realistic 23.2% loss rate
- Max drawdown: 12.2%
- Instrument and timeframe: XAUUSD, M15
The record is genuinely undistorted — no capital was added or removed, so the growth reflects trading alone. The honest qualifier is scale and age: this is a $100 account over 11 weeks, which demonstrates the strategy functions but not how it performs at size or across varied market conditions.
Backtest Overview

The published test runs on 100% real tick data at 1:500 leverage across 167 trades, with a profit factor of 6.80 and an 87.43% win rate. Two details make it more credible than most: relative drawdown stays around 6% on both balance and equity, and gross profit versus gross loss implies an average win roughly equal to an average loss — so the high win rate is not being manufactured by holding oversized losing positions. Treat the headline profit as aggressive compounding rather than a forecast, and note the test window covers roughly seven months.
The On-Chart Panel

Recommended Setup
- Platform: MetaTrader 5
- Symbol: XAUUSD or GOLD
- Timeframe: M15
- Account type: Raw Spread or Raw ECN — strongly recommended
- Tested brokers: TMGM, Vantage, VT Markets (select the Exness broker type if using Exness)
- Minimum recommended deposit: $100
- Starting volume: 0.01 lot
- Recommended risk: 0.5%–1%, with 2% as the stated maximum
- VPS: Recommended, located close to your broker’s trading server
What You Receive
- ThunderGold Scalper for MT5 — Latest Version
- Free updates as the developer releases them
- Developer’s recommended settings, where supplied
Risk Note
This strategy uses short stops, and the developer states plainly that consecutive stop losses can occur in poor conditions — normal behaviour, not a fault, and lot size should never be increased to recover. Results are highly broker-dependent: spread and execution speed materially affect a scalper. The live record is clean but small, a $100 account over 11 weeks. Start at 0.01 lot on demo. Full risk analysis in our review →
Full Editorial Review
📖 Read our complete ThunderGold Scalper review →
A full editorial breakdown: what short stops really mean for your equity curve, the backtest figures that make this one more credible than most, the live account read honestly, how it compares to TwisterPro Scalper, who it suits, and our verdict.