This expert advisor facilitates arbitrage trading between futures and spot instruments, primarily targeting gold and stock indices. Available for MetaTrader 4 and 5, it monitors the price difference between two related symbols against a moving average to identify trade opportunities. The logic includes a noise-filterin
Trading robot · MT5
XAU And GC Arbitrage
This MetaTrader 5 expert advisor implements a pair trading arbitrage strategy between spot gold and gold futures.
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Last update6 months ago11 Mar 2026
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Overview
The robot monitors the price difference between XAUUSD and the GC futures contract, opening simultaneous buy and sell orders when the spread exceeds a defined threshold. Risk management is handled through a basket-based system, closing all related positions once a specific USD profit or loss target is reached. It includes a graphical interface for real-time monitoring and requires a license key to operate. The EA supports automated entry logic and limits the maximum number of active trade pairs.
- Automated spread-based entry logic
- Basket-level USD profit and loss monitoring
- Simultaneous long and short pairing
- Interactive on-chart graphical panel
Details
Author
qiin on GitHub
Type
Trading robot
Platform
MetaTrader 5 (MQL5)
Strategy
Arbitrage, Hedging
Markets
Gold, Oil & commodities
Timeframes
Any timeframe
Risk profile
- Holds opposite positions at once
EA files
Source
Input parameters
Read from XAUAndGC.mq5. Defaults are the author's; change them in the EA's Inputs tab.
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
InpLicenseKey | string | | License Key |
InpTakeProfit | double | 500.0 | 止盈金额(USD) |
InpStopLoss | double | 300.0 | 止损金额(USD) |
InpTPBuffer | double | 5.0 | 止盈提前触发量(USD) |
InpMagicNumber | int | 20240101 | Magic Number |
InpTimerMs | int | 500 | 监控间隔(毫秒) |
InpDefaultSymA | string | XAUUSD | 品种A |
InpDefaultSymB | string | GC | 品种B |
InpDefaultLotsA | double | 0.1 | 手数A |
InpDefaultLotsB | double | 0.1 | 手数B |
InpSpreadAutoOpen | bool | false | 启用基差自动开仓 |
InpSpreadThreshold | double | 5.0 | 基差开仓阈值(绝对值) |
Show all 13 inputs
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
InpSpreadMaxPairs | int | 3 | 基差开仓最大同时持仓对数 |
How to install it
- 1Download the sourceUse "Download source (.zip)" above, or clone qiin/XAUAndGC from GitHub, and unzip it.
- 2Open the data folderIn MetaTrader choose File, then Open Data Folder, and go to MQL5/Experts.
- 3Copy the filesCopy the .mq5 file into Experts, and any .mqh files into the Include folder the code expects.
- 4Compile in MetaEditorOpen the file in MetaEditor and press Compile. Fix any missing includes the compiler reports.
- 5Test before you tradeRun it in the Strategy Tester, then attach it to a demo chart and allow algorithmic trading.
Third-party code. ForexR did not write, test or endorse this EA, and the summary above was generated automatically from its README and code. ForexR lists only repositories with readable source code and never hosts files. Read the code, backtest it and use a demo account first; automated trading can lose money quickly.
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