5 MT5 EA Strategies You Can Run Today (now that MT5 builds are live)

Ringkasan — We shipped MQL5 builds for the full lineup — every EA and PropGuard Sentinel now run on MT4 and MT5 under one license. Five strategies you can run now, and how to choose between them.

We just shipped MQL5 builds for the full EAbase lineup — every EA and PropGuard Sentinel now run on both MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 under one license. If you have been waiting for MT5 to run automated strategies, here are five you can put to work today, what each one is built for, and how to pick between them.

First, the platform question: read MT5 vs MT4 for running EAs if you are undecided. Short version — MT5 backtests faster (multi-threaded, tick data, cloud agents) and has richer order types, but MQL4 and MQL5 are different languages, so you need a real port, not a rename.

1. Asian Session Breakout (MT5)

The classic session-range breakout, rebuilt for MQL5: it measures the Tokyo/Asian range on USDJPY H1 and trades the expansion out of it. Sealed ATR risk core, a hard stop on every position, and no overnight exposure. Good as a low-correlation piece next to trend EAs.

• Best for: traders who want a clean, rule-based session system.
• Risk: hard stop on every position, no grid or martingale.
• See the product: Asian Session Breakout.

2. Gold Trend D1 (MT5)

A daily Donchian-channel breakout on XAUUSD with a chandelier trailing exit. Low frequency, multi-day holds — the opposite regime from a scalper, which is exactly why it diversifies a book.

• Best for: swing-style accounts that can hold through noise.
• Risk: one ATR-based stop per position; trailing exit locks profit as the trend extends.
• See the product: Gold Trend D1.

3. NEXTUS Gold Scalper (MT5)

Session-aware gold scalping with strict per-trade risk caps and a spread filter. It stays quiet during thin or choppy conditions and only trades when edge is present.

• Best for: accounts that want steady, small, frequent wins during liquid gold sessions.
• Risk: per-trade cap plus spread filter; no recovery averaging.
• See the product: NEXTUS Gold Scalper.

4. Metals Pyramid Rider (MT5)

Enters on a confirmed H1 breakout in gold or silver, then scales into the move at pre-planned add levels and rides it with an ATR trailing exit. A trend-continuation system, not a mean-reversion one — and the adds are planned in advance, which is the opposite of averaging into a loser.

• Best for: traders who prefer trend continuation over range breaks.
• Risk: ATR hard stop on every leg; adds only into an open profit, never into a loss.
• See the product: Metals Pyramid Rider.

5. Index ORB (MT5) — index diversification

An opening-range breakout on the US Tech 100 (USTECm) at M15: it brackets the first 15-minute range after the cash open, takes the break, then manages the position with a sealed ATR risk core, a break-even move and a trailing exit, and goes flat before the close.

• Best for: accounts that want index exposure instead of yet another gold or FX pair.
• Risk: hard stop on every trade, flat by the close — no overnight index gap risk.
• Platform note: Index ORB ships as an MT5 build only; the other four on this list carry an MT4 build under the same license.
• See the product: Index ORB.

How to choose

• Want clean session breakouts? Start with Asian Session Breakout.
• Want to hold trends for days? Gold Trend D1.
• Want frequent small wins in gold? NEXTUS.
• Want to ride a trend and scale into it? Metals Pyramid Rider.
• Want index exposure instead of more gold or FX? Index ORB.

Most traders combine two or three with low correlation rather than running one. And whichever you pick, add PropGuard Sentinel as the account-wide circuit breaker — it is also MT5-ready. Backtest before you fund: our MT4 backtesting walkthrough covers the method (the same ideas apply on MT5's tester).

FAQ

Do I need to re-buy the EA for MT5? No. One license activates both the MT4 and MQL5 builds, subject to your seat allowance.

Are the MT5 builds the same strategy as MT4? Same logic, ported to MQL5. You get the platform benefits (faster tester, more order types) without changing the trading idea.

Can I run MT4 and MT5 EAs at the same time? Yes, on separate terminals. PropGuard Sentinel on each terminal watches that account's equity and intervenes by its own rules.