- Official listing: Vortex Gold for MetaTrader 5
- Public account: Developer-linked Vortex Gold account (MT4)
- Setup instructions: Strategy, risk and news-filter instructions
Vortex Gold trades gold on H1 using configurable strategy profiles, indicator-based entries and additional positions. Stanislav Tomilov offers separate MT4 and MT5 editions. The choice is primarily about your trading platform and setup workflow; there is no verified basis here for claiming one edition earns more than the other.
Our assessment: the defined market, manual risk options and documented filters make this an EA that can be evaluated systematically. The main consideration is exposure from additional orders, especially with aggressive presets. The developer-linked account has experienced substantial equity drawdown, and it is an MT4 account—not independent validation of the MT5 build.
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Updated 23 September 2026. This review examines the developer’s listing, manual, release history, public signal and customer feedback. We have not independently run the EA or reproduced its tests.
MT4 and MT5: what actually differs?
Both editions target XAUUSD on H1. The executable must match the terminal: an MT4 file cannot be installed as an MT5 Expert Advisor. Start with the platform supported by your broker account and the edition you can test under those conditions.
- MT4 edition
- Retains the existing CheaperForex product page. The shared manual requires an external news-feed URL in the terminal’s WebRequest settings for its news filter.
- MT5 edition
- A separate product with MT5-specific setup. The manual says the MT4 news-feed WebRequest step is not required.
- Performance evidence
- The main listing links to an MT4 signal. It cannot establish identical MT5 entries or execution.
- Settings portability
- Use settings intended for the supplied edition and broker. Do not assume a preset or test from one platform is interchangeable with the other.
Developer’s MT4 listing · Developer’s MT5 listing
Strategy selection is separate from risk selection
The overview still refers to two strategies, but the current manual and dated release notes document six. These range from conservative and moderate approaches to a shorter-stop profile, Stable and Turbo. The latter is described as the most aggressive choice. A manual configuration also permits custom exit settings.
Risk presets are a second decision. The manual includes Manual, PROP, Conservative, Low, Normal, High and Boost. A strategy name alone does not tell you the account’s actual exposure: the risk preset, additional orders and number of simultaneous charts matter together. Several instances can enter gold at similar points, so different Magic Numbers distinguish trades without diversifying the underlying market risk.
The author describes CCI, Parabolic SAR and proprietary adaptive logic. These explain the advertised design, but the public material does not independently establish how much the neural-network component contributes. Its presence should not be treated as proof of an edge.
Additional orders, recovery and hard stops
The phrase “no martingale” needs care. The release history explicitly discusses averaging entries, moving a group of additional orders to breakeven, trailing the first trade and a subsequently introduced recovery function. That is enough to reject the simplistic claim that this EA never builds a group of positions. It does not, by itself, establish a particular lot-multiplication formula.
Inspect the supplied inputs rather than assuming every protection is enabled. Several controls were introduced as optional or disabled by default, including account drawdown closure and some trade-management settings. An account-wide close can affect other robots trading that account; this matters if you run a portfolio.
The current live signal: growth alongside drawdown
The developer-linked MQL5 account, checked on 23 September 2026, showed 153% growth across 26 weeks, with 235 gold trades. It runs on MT4, Weltrade-Live, at 1:1000 leverage. MQL5 did not permit subscriptions because that leverage exceeds its copying limit.
- Equity drawdown
- 34.86%, compared with 16.64% balance drawdown. Floating losses were materially larger than the closed-trade measure.
- Cash flows
- $1,000 initial funding, $8,000 additional deposits and $3,151.98 profit. The $12,151.98 balance was not all trading profit.
- Trade outcomes
- 96.17% winning trades; average win $15.68 versus average loss $43.51. A high win rate must be considered alongside loss size and open exposure.
- History context
- Monitoring began 28 March 2026. The public history includes an August warning that 80% of growth was concentrated in seven days.
These figures describe one account at a particular time, not an expected customer return. Its deposits, high leverage and concentrated gains also make a smooth balance curve an incomplete guide to risk. An MT5 buyer should forward-test their own edition and settings instead of using the signal as a performance promise.
How to read the gallery backtests
The older gallery includes Boost, High Risk and prop-settings simulations. The most dramatic chart compounds a small starting deposit into an extremely large hypothetical result. This is a model output under historical assumptions, not evidence that a live account can scale to that value. Spread, slippage, available liquidity, margin constraints and the broker’s maximum trade size become increasingly important as lot sizes grow.
Compare the settings as well as the return: Boost and High Risk deliberately change exposure. The reports use older testing periods and should not be presented as validation of the latest supplied file. We have retained the originals for inspection rather than converting their headline profits into a sales forecast.
What buyers report on MQL5
The MT5 listing displayed 48 reviews when checked. Recent comments often discuss selective entries and responsive developer support. Ayyappan Selvam’s August review describes a low trading frequency; other positive comments describe only a few weeks of use. Those are useful observations about the experience, but short samples cannot settle long-term profitability.
Feedback is not entirely positive. Mustafa Ibrahim’s February 2026 review warned that the risk could outweigh the potential reward, while also praising support. The difference is a reason to inspect settings and drawdown rather than assume the headline rating applies to every risk profile. These are third-party customer opinions; they are not CheaperForex customer ratings or independently audited trading records.
Read the full MQL5 customer reviews
Setup checks that matter before enabling trading
- Use the correct terminal and chart. Match the file to MT4 or MT5, then check the broker’s XAUUSD symbol and H1 chart.
- Check contract size and exposure. The developer’s capital guidance is a starting requirement, not a drawdown guarantee. Test the smallest suitable risk before considering multiple instances.
- Configure news and trading days. Follow the platform-specific manual and decide whether to close positions ahead of the weekend.
- Separate multiple instances. Give each chart a different Magic Number and allocate a combined risk budget.
- Check broker-specific settings. The manual identifies a dedicated Exness setting. Confirm its relevance to your account before using it.
- Forward-test execution. Compare intended stops, actual fills, spreads and drawdown through a representative demo period before considering live deployment.
Marketing language about prop-firm readiness is not approval from a funding firm. Check the current rules for the specific account, including daily equity loss, overall drawdown and permitted trading behaviour. An optional PROP preset cannot guarantee a pass.
Recent development and related products
The MT5 release history records additional strategy profiles, recovery logic, weekday and spread filters, and optional pre-weekend closure. The September 2026 update is described as minor retraining. This development history explains why older screenshots and the original two-strategy wording should not be read as a complete inventory of current controls.
Read the MT5 release notes · Read the current developer manual
Other products by the same developer include Vortex Turbo MT5, Aura Gold Pro Edition and Full Throttle DMX. They are separate systems; their results should not be imported as evidence for Vortex Gold.
Choosing your edition
Choose MT4 if you want to retain your existing MetaTrader 4 workflow. Choose MT5 if your broker account and testing environment use MetaTrader 5. In either case, evaluate the gold strategy and its additional-order exposure under your own conditions. The current offer is a standalone file, with delivery instructions available after purchase.