Is Gyre a martingale or grid EA?

No. It opens one position at a time with a fixed lot, a fixed 114-pip stop and a fixed 100-pip target behind a trailing stop. There is no averaging down, no grid, no recovery trade and no lot progression. A second RSI extreme while a position is open is ignored. The maximum number of positions open at the same time, measured across the whole published record, is one.

On Exness MT5 AUD/CAD history in the MetaTrader 5 strategy tester, on the "every tick based on real ticks" model (Model 4), from 2019-01-01 to 2026-07-01 with 0.1 lot on a $10,000 balance. The tester reported the history quality of that run as 100% real ticks over 221 million ticks. All 143 closed trades are published on this page and downloadable as CSV.

Why is the win rate so high?

Because the stop is far wider than what the trailing stop banks. Winning four trades in five is what a 114-pip stop paired with a 34-pip trailing exit produces — it is a description of the shape, not evidence of an edge. The average win was 23.96 and the average loss -69.99, so it takes about three wins to pay for one loss. There were 25 losses in the record.

Does the backtest include swap?

Yes. The run recorded -146.99 of swap in total and the published net is the figure after it. All of it fell on the 66 short positions — the tested AUD/CAD history carried no swap on the long side, so the 77 buys cost nothing to carry. 120 of the 143 trades stayed open across at least one night, with a median hold of about 66 hours and a longest of 26 days. Your broker's rates will differ. Commission was zero in this run.

Why does it trade so rarely?

Both an RSI extreme on a four-hour bar and a free position slot are needed, and AUD/CAD reaches those extremes only a handful of times a year. Across the measured record it averaged about nineteen trades a year, and the rate is unusually steady — every full year in the record falls between fifteen and twenty-four.

The total profit looks small — why?

Because it trades rarely and gives most of each move back to the trailing stop. 143 trades over seven and a half years came to 1,056.95 on a $10,000 account with a maximum drawdown of -3.24%. It is one of the smaller totals in this catalogue and the shallowest drawdown of our AUD/CAD builds — the figure is published as measured rather than scaled up by a larger lot.

Does it trade at particular hours?

No. There is no time, session or day filter. Any closed H4 bar whose RSI is past the threshold can open a trade, provided no position is already open.

Gyre — Mean Reversion EA for AUD/CAD

Verified Performance Record

The complete record — the published backtest and everything since.

v1.0
Settings Locked
Out-of-Sample

Tracking Active

Backtest (2019–Apr 1, 2026) Forward tracking (Apr 1, 2026–)

Normalized growth, rebased to 100% at the start of the backtest. Everything after Apr 1, 2026 is out-of-sample.

Performance since the strategy lock date, rebased to 0% on Apr 1, 2026.

Full Record

Published backtest plus everything measured since the lock — one continuous record.

Total Return: +10.6%
Max Balance Drawdown: 3.2%
Closed Trades: 143
Profit Factor: 1.60

Jan 1, 2019 – Jul 29, 2026

Since Strategy Lock

Only the days after the strategy was locked. Never merged into the figures on the left.

Forward Return: +0.8%
Forward Balance Drawdown: 0.0%
Forward Trades: 7
Tracking Period: 119 days

Apr 1, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026

Trade History

All 143 closed positions in the record, newest first. Every position is 0.1 lots.

118 Wins25 Losses

Average win: +$23.79
Average loss: -$69.99
Best trade: +$79.88
Worst trade: -$92.83

Closed	Side	Symbol	Entry	Exit	Duration	P/L
Jul 29, 2026 19:32	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.97625	0.97764	4h	+$9.90
Jul 24, 2026 08:29	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.98710	0.98377	3d	+$21.03
Jun 16, 2026 05:49	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.98345	0.98702	11d	+$25.47
May 22, 2026 01:02	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.98336	0.98384	6d	+$3.48
May 8, 2026 08:21	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.98928	0.98730	1d	+$13.96
Apr 9, 2026 15:14	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.97806	0.97635	23h	+$10.76
Apr 8, 2026 05:24	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.97942	0.97843	5h	+$7.16
Jan 29, 2026 15:20	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.95687	0.94687	11h	+$73.77
Jan 27, 2026 20:57	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.94051	0.95191	6d	-$85.61
Jan 21, 2026 15:35	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.92377	0.93518	16d	-$91.17
Dec 25, 2025 00:54	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.91188	0.91515	8d	+$23.92
Dec 9, 2025 04:12	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.92122	0.91847	5d	+$18.26
Oct 30, 2025 02:11	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.91978	0.91833	22h	+$8.82
Oct 14, 2025 03:35	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.90904	0.91189	3d	+$20.29
Oct 8, 2025 15:24	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.92101	0.91880	8d	+$11.60
Sep 24, 2025 16:57	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.90831	0.91418	5d	+$42.21
Sep 17, 2025 18:02	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.92049	0.91982	6d	+$2.74
Sep 11, 2025 14:05	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.90788	0.91928	6d	-$85.51
Jul 18, 2025 20:56	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.88975	0.89273	2d	+$21.71
Jul 15, 2025 08:07	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.90017	0.89945	5d	+$3.64
May 6, 2025 14:21	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.89461	0.89392	1d	+$4.46
Apr 7, 2025 12:29	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.85472	0.86473	4h	+$70.11
Apr 7, 2025 04:42	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.85269	0.85507	5h	+$16.73
Apr 6, 2025 22:06	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.85775	0.84632	2d	-$80.27
Apr 4, 2025 13:28	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.86715	0.86801	1h	+$6.05
Apr 4, 2025 11:12	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.87890	0.86749	3h	-$80.53
Mar 3, 2025 22:04	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.89744	0.89965	4d	+$15.26
Feb 25, 2025 16:26	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.90721	0.90611	5d	+$6.13
Jan 22, 2025 09:58	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.90118	0.90046	1d	+$4.50
Jan 6, 2025 14:15	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.89739	0.89827	19d	+$6.16
Oct 9, 2024 07:09	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.91732	0.91924	1d	+$14.05
Oct 1, 2024 18:25	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.93618	0.93050	2d	+$41.54
Sep 27, 2024 12:30	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.91888	0.93028	10d	-$91.19
Aug 23, 2024 14:00	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.91595	0.91491	4d	+$4.42
Aug 5, 2024 14:54	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.89232	0.89600	3h	+$26.59
Jul 29, 2024 14:50	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.90383	0.90444	4d	+$4.40
Jul 25, 2024 12:30	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.91335	0.90194	3d	-$82.45
Jun 13, 2024 12:30	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.91722	0.91566	21h	+$9.75
May 17, 2024 16:15	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.91052	0.91049	2d	-$1.95
May 13, 2024 11:38	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.90493	0.90468	10d	-$2.49
May 3, 2024 12:37	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.89289	0.90434	8d	-$88.42
Apr 24, 2024 01:37	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.88059	0.89064	5d	+$73.58
Apr 16, 2024 12:34	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.89066	0.88766	12d	+$16.28
Mar 19, 2024 12:39	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.89143	0.88673	12d	+$29.04
Feb 22, 2024 07:40	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.88726	0.88644	2d	+$3.90
Jan 23, 2024 15:22	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.88597	0.88620	6d	+$1.71
Dec 15, 2023 13:41	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.90385	0.89385	1d	+$74.07
Nov 30, 2023 15:33	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.89804	0.89762	10d	-$3.41
Nov 16, 2023 08:41	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.88932	0.88933	2d	-$2.23
Nov 3, 2023 12:30	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.88842	0.88638	2d	+$14.33
Oct 31, 2023 17:10	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.88066	0.88000	4d	+$3.68
Oct 26, 2023 06:47	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.87297	0.87006	1d	+$18.92
Oct 16, 2023 13:51	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.85859	0.86049	3d	+$13.95
Sep 28, 2023 21:13	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.85826	0.86400	1d	+$42.54
Aug 4, 2023 12:30	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.87233	0.87501	2d	+$20.04
Jul 17, 2023 17:40	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.90003	0.89978	4d	+$0.78
Jun 27, 2023 08:23	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.87810	0.87855	1d	+$3.43
Jun 26, 2023 07:17	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.88899	0.87757	4d	-$86.88
Jun 13, 2023 21:07	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.90344	0.90302	17h	+$3.15
Jun 5, 2023 15:37	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.88805	0.88807	11d	+$0.15
Apr 21, 2023 12:32	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.90890	0.90710	21h	+$12.76
Apr 3, 2023 11:48	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.89925	0.90926	12h	+$74.33
Mar 8, 2023 17:56	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.90670	0.90915	1d	+$17.76
Mar 1, 2023 00:30	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.91538	0.91591	4d	+$3.88
Feb 7, 2023 13:27	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.92750	0.92833	4d	+$6.18
Jan 27, 2023 02:19	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.95052	0.94961	1d	+$4.61
Jan 25, 2023 15:00	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.94794	0.94770	11h	+$1.79
Dec 21, 2022 03:24	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.90710	0.90732	11h	+$1.62
Nov 28, 2022 08:39	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.90193	0.90124	4d	+$4.04
Nov 17, 2022 17:50	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.89640	0.89048	2d	+$42.20
Nov 15, 2022 10:01	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.88700	0.89841	4d	-$87.11
Oct 27, 2022 13:00	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.88041	0.87835	21h	+$13.53
Oct 23, 2022 23:01	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.86765	0.86890	14d	+$9.16
Aug 22, 2022 15:29	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.89542	0.89545	5d	+$0.23
Aug 17, 2022 10:20	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.90664	0.89664	7d	+$73.60
Jul 13, 2022 12:30	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.87614	0.88022	2d	+$31.29
Jul 5, 2022 04:30	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.88215	0.88242	4d	+$2.10
Jun 30, 2022 14:46	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.88579	0.88824	23h	+$18.96
Apr 26, 2022 06:59	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.91495	0.91507	1d	+$0.94
Apr 6, 2022 06:58	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.95049	0.94839	23h	+$16.20
Mar 17, 2022 15:55	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.92360	0.93360	3d	+$79.08
Mar 7, 2022 19:50	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.94249	0.93819	16h	+$33.61
Mar 7, 2022 01:49	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.93373	0.94513	3d	-$90.23
Feb 11, 2022 13:07	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.91100	0.90967	2d	+$8.14
Jan 20, 2022 05:34	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.90047	0.90322	2d	+$22.01
Jan 18, 2022 04:19	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.91114	0.89974	11d	-$91.03
Jan 5, 2022 22:07	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.91820	0.92032	5d	+$16.61
Dec 6, 2021 22:27	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.89752	0.89835	3d	+$6.51
Nov 26, 2021 16:37	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.90851	0.90991	17h	+$10.95
Nov 11, 2021 22:05	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.91409	0.91616	2d	+$16.45
Sep 17, 2021 14:31	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.92939	0.92656	16d	+$11.69
Aug 31, 2021 05:15	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.92254	0.92175	3d	+$5.09
Aug 11, 2021 00:01	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.92945	0.91945	7d	+$75.74
Aug 3, 2021 05:07	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.91693	0.92693	4d	+$79.88
May 17, 2021 04:27	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.93622	0.93963	5d	+$28.12
May 4, 2021 07:40	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.94719	0.94984	3d	+$21.52
Apr 30, 2021 16:33	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.95855	0.94715	2d	-$92.83
Apr 19, 2021 07:53	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.97212	0.96892	3d	+$24.46
Apr 2, 2021 12:54	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.95196	0.95495	1d	+$23.83
Mar 29, 2021 21:00	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.95695	0.96020	6d	+$25.81
Mar 10, 2021 02:40	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.97228	0.97265	4d	+$2.92
Mar 1, 2021 08:36	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.98058	0.98280	3d	+$17.48
Feb 26, 2021 15:56	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.98109	0.98112	4h	+$0.24
Feb 26, 2021 10:59	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.99260	0.98260	7d	+$74.93
Jan 4, 2021 07:39	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.98255	0.98091	4d	+$11.76
Dec 21, 2020 13:42	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.96974	0.96949	4d	+$0.78
Nov 8, 2020 22:00	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.94977	0.94956	3d	+$0.47
Oct 22, 2020 09:10	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.92694	0.93302	2d	+$46.25
Oct 20, 2020 11:53	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.93786	0.92645	5d	-$86.54
Sep 30, 2020 00:02	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.94648	0.95648	6d	+$74.74
Sep 4, 2020 16:58	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.95719	0.95215	7d	+$34.58
Aug 16, 2020 21:12	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.94436	0.94800	3d	+$27.43
Jul 31, 2020 18:37	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.96554	0.95553	23h	+$74.20
Jul 24, 2020 05:28	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.95979	0.94978	2d	+$72.37
Jul 16, 2020 14:22	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.95291	0.94693	1d	+$42.61
Jun 5, 2020 06:00	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.93163	0.94303	2d	-$87.37
Jun 2, 2020 08:26	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.92591	0.92279	1d	+$22.55
Apr 13, 2020 08:25	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.88680	0.88673	4d	-$0.56
Mar 19, 2020 06:15	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.81470	0.82470	2h	+$68.65
Mar 18, 2020 23:13	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.83665	0.83689	3h	+$1.66
Mar 16, 2020 12:19	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.85422	0.85609	8h	+$13.45
Mar 16, 2020 00:31	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.85206	0.85296	1h	+$6.51
Mar 15, 2020 21:12	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.86186	0.86351	2d	+$11.91
Mar 12, 2020 17:06	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.87099	0.87392	1h	+$21.33
Mar 9, 2020 01:42	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.90077	0.89076	2h	+$73.35
Feb 28, 2020 03:13	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.87824	0.87826	8d	+$0.15
Jan 13, 2020 03:01	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.89287	0.90287	6d	+$76.60
Jan 7, 2020 09:26	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.90548	0.89408	4d	-$87.91
Dec 20, 2019 14:29	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.89868	0.90868	2d	+$75.95
Dec 4, 2019 14:57	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.90990	0.90920	1d	+$4.71
Nov 15, 2019 13:24	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.90559	0.90099	16d	+$24.66
Oct 30, 2019 14:10	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.89157	0.90157	6d	+$76.08
Oct 3, 2019 14:09	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.88882	0.89885	2d	+$75.16
Sep 16, 2019 07:16	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.91360	0.91151	3d	+$15.20
Aug 26, 2019 19:37	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.89314	0.89790	20h	+$35.90
Aug 1, 2019 17:59	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.91099	0.89959	6d	-$86.36
Jul 10, 2019 17:59	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.90766	0.91024	10h	+$19.74
Jul 9, 2019 13:50	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.92009	0.90868	26d	-$86.94
Jun 13, 2019 10:49	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.92940	0.91800	6d	-$85.70
May 21, 2019 12:06	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.93303	0.92162	6d	-$85.09
Apr 24, 2019 15:37	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.94537	0.94620	12h	+$6.16
Mar 28, 2019 06:08	Sell	AUD/CAD	0.95330	0.95252	3d	+$3.07
Mar 1, 2019 06:57	Buy	AUD/CAD	0.93208	0.93209	11h	+$0.08

Monthly Returns

Calculated from market data released after the strategy lock date.

Year by Year

Jan 1, 2019 – Jul 29, 2026

Year	Trades	Net P/L	Win rate
2026	10	-$11.25	80%
2025	20	+$36.28	85%
2024	16	-$41.24	69%
2023	21	+$223.83	86%
2022	20	+$104.95	85%
2021	18	+$344.55	94%
2020	23	+$407.21	83%
2019	15	-$7.38	73%

Drawdown

Calculated from market data released after the strategy lock date.(0.0%)

Recent Trades

Apr 1, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026

Closed	Side	Duration	Pips	P/L
Jul 29, 2026	Buy	4h	13.9	+$9.90
Jul 24, 2026	Sell	3d	33.3	+$21.03
Jun 16, 2026	Buy	11d	35.7	+$25.47
May 22, 2026	Buy	6d	4.8	+$3.48
May 8, 2026	Sell	1d	19.8	+$13.96

View all 7 trades

Closed	Side	Duration	Pips	P/L
Apr 9, 2026	Sell	23h	17.1	+$10.76
Apr 8, 2026	Sell	5h	9.9	+$7.16

Verification

Strategy Version: v1.0
Locked date: Apr 1, 2026
Test period: Jan 1, 2019 – Apr 1, 2026
Forward period: Apr 1, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026
Symbol: AUD/CAD
Timeframe: H4
Broker data source: Exness MT5 M1 history (AUDCAD_DUKA), in the MetaTrader 5 strategy tester, every tick based on real ticks (Model 4), 0.1 lot on a $10,000 balance
Modelling method: Daily out-of-sample re-run
Starting balance: $10,000
Position sizing: 0.1 lot per $10,000
Data through: Jul 29, 2026
File checksum: 422e464724e08b79823b9f0899618e8579317a551f6f8dea5ca23a76c8931124

Download full history (CSV, backtest)Download full tracking history (CSV)

Strategy logic

How Gyre Trades

A mean-reversion EA that fades RSI(12) extremes on the AUD/CAD four-hour chart — long below 25, short above 75 — holding one position at a time behind a 114-pip stop, and closing most winners with a 34-pip trailing stop rather than the 100-pip target.

01 Market

When it trades

AUD/CAD, Four Hours, No Time Filter

There is no session, day or news filter. AUD/CAD is the point: it is a commodity cross that tends to overshoot and come back rather than trend away for months, which is what a counter-trend build needs.

02 Setup

What it looks for

RSI(12) At An Extreme

The EA reads RSI(12) on the previous closed H4 bar. Below 25 it is looking to buy, above 75 it is looking to sell. Because only closed bars are read, the signal cannot repaint. There is no trend filter and no volatility filter — the extreme alone is the trigger.

03 Entry

How it enters

One Position, Either Direction

A single market order is sent on the next bar, at most once per closed bar. The published record is 77 buys and 66 sells. If a position is already open a new extreme is ignored entirely — the EA does not add to it, hedge it or average down.

04 Risk

How it protects

A 114-Pip Stop Behind Every Order

The stop is attached when the order is sent and is never widened. It is deliberately deeper than anything the trailing stop is likely to bank, so an early, wrong-side reading has room to revert before it is cut. When it is not enough, the loss is the full 114 pips.

05 Exit

How it exits

Trailed Out, Not Taken Out

Once a trade is more than 34 pips ahead the stop follows 34 pips behind price. In the published record that trailing stop, not the 100-pip target, closed the large majority of winners — which is why the average win is under a quarter of the average loss.

Risk architecture

Position limit: One position
Position sizing: Fixed lot
Recovery method: None; No martingale, no grid, no averaging down.
Protective exit: Fixed stop-loss with a trailing stop

Market behavior

Performs best in

Range-bound AUD/CAD, where a four-hour overshoot is followed by a pullback the trailing stop can bank

Can struggle in

Sustained trends, where an oversold reading keeps getting more oversold and the wide stop is reached in full
Any stretch where several full stops land close together — three of them wipe out roughly nine typical winners
Long holds against an adverse swap on the sell side: the 66 short positions carried all of the -146.99 swap in this run, and the median trade is held for nearly three days

Published parameter values and what each one controls
Parameter	Published value	What it controls
Magic number — User-adjustableMagicNumber	418293	Order tagging
Max slippage — User-adjustableSlippage	3	Order fill tolerance
One entry per bar — Locked for trackingOncePerBar	true	Entry frequency
RSI period — Locked for trackingRSI_Period_n2	12	The only indicator in the build
RSI applied price — Locked for trackingRSI_Price_n2	0	Which price the RSI reads
Lot size — User-adjustableLotSize	0.1	Position size per trade
Buy stop loss — Locked for trackingSL_Pips_n7	114	Maximum loss per long trade
Buy take profit — Locked for trackingTP_Pips_n7	100	Target per long trade
Sell stop loss — Locked for trackingSL_Pips_n8	114	Maximum loss per short trade
Sell take profit — Locked for trackingTP_Pips_n8	100	Target per short trade
Max positions — Locked for trackingMaxPositions_n5	1	How many trades can be open at once
Trailing stop — Locked for trackingTrailPips_trail1	34	How far the stop follows price

Locked for trackingUser-adjustableSelect “View full inputs” below for every parameter’s range and full description.

Download .setVersion — updated Aug 23, 2026

Platform, account and broker requirements
Requirement	Specification
Platform	MetaTrader 5
Chart	AUD/CAD · H4
Suggested starting capital	$10,000 — the balance this published record was measured on
Recommended sizing	0.1 lot per $10,000
Deepest measured equity drawdown	3.5% of $10,000 — about $350
Leverage	1:100 or higher

Test environment

Exness MT5 M1 history (AUDCAD_DUKA), in the MetaTrader 5 strategy tester, every tick based on real ticks (Model 4), history quality reported by the tester as 100%, 0.1 lot on a $10,000 balance
Swap totalled -146.99 in this run and is already subtracted from every figure on this page; all of it fell on the short positions, as the tested history carried no long-side swap. Commission was zero in this run.
Jan 1, 2019 – Apr 1, 2026 · 136 closed trades
0.1 lot per $10,000

Important notes

The EA refuses to start on any timeframe other than H4 — it checks the chart period in OnInit and stops with a message. This is deliberate: the record was measured on H4 and another period silently becomes a different strategy.
The magic number shipped in the preset is unique to this EA across our catalogue. If you run several of our EAs on one account, leave those numbers as they are — two EAs sharing a magic number will each treat the other's positions as its own.
There is no spread guard in this build. A broker with a materially wider AUD/CAD spread than the tested history will erode the result rather than skip the trade.
There is no drawdown guard. Nothing halts trading after a losing run; the only protection on any single trade is its stop.

Installation guide Broker setup Licence & terms

01

Step 01 — Download the files

Get the EA file and the published preset used for testing and forward tracking.
- .ex5
- .set
- .pdf
- Preset included
Your account
- ex5 EA file
- set Preset
- pdf Manual
02

Step 02 — Attach it to the correct chart

Open AUD/CAD on H4 in MetaTrader 5, then attach Gyre to a single chart.
- AUD/CAD
- H4
- One chart only
AUD/CAD · H4

Gyre Running
03

Step 03 — Load the published settings

Import the preset and keep the tracked configuration unchanged.
- Load .set
- WebRequest
Inputs
- Magic number 418293
- Max slippage 3
- One entry per bar true

Before you run

MetaTrader 5 installed
AUD/CAD available in Market Watch
H4 chart selected
Algo Trading enabled
https://mt5depot.com allowed for WebRequest
Published defaults preserved

Matching these conditions helps reproduce the published record.

Included files

EA file gyre.ex5 The compiled, licensed Expert Advisor.
Preset gyre.set The shipped input values — load it in the Inputs tab before running.
Manual mt5depot-ea-manual-en.pdf Installation instructions, the same document for every EA.

Use the preset first before making any custom changes.

Published configuration Download files Broker time setup

Order execution: The strategy tester fills at the requested price: slippage, requotes and rejected orders are not simulated. Execution on a live account will move the result.
Tester report: Open the original report — the file MetaTrader 5 wrote at the end of the run (English only)

The shipped build only checks that the trading account is linked to mt5depot as an IB account. Any of these brokers works:

Is Gyre a martingale or grid EA?: No. It opens one position at a time with a fixed lot, a fixed 114-pip stop and a fixed 100-pip target behind a trailing stop. There is no averaging down, no grid, no recovery trade and no lot progression. A second RSI extreme while a position is open is ignored. The maximum number of positions open at the same time, measured across the whole published record, is one.
How was it tested?: On Exness MT5 AUD/CAD history in the MetaTrader 5 strategy tester, on the "every tick based on real ticks" model (Model 4), from 2019-01-01 to 2026-07-01 with 0.1 lot on a $10,000 balance. The tester reported the history quality of that run as 100% real ticks over 221 million ticks. All 143 closed trades are published on this page and downloadable as CSV.
Why is the win rate so high?: Because the stop is far wider than what the trailing stop banks. Winning four trades in five is what a 114-pip stop paired with a 34-pip trailing exit produces — it is a description of the shape, not evidence of an edge. The average win was 23.96 and the average loss -69.99, so it takes about three wins to pay for one loss. There were 25 losses in the record.
Does the backtest include swap?: Yes. The run recorded -146.99 of swap in total and the published net is the figure after it. All of it fell on the 66 short positions — the tested AUD/CAD history carried no swap on the long side, so the 77 buys cost nothing to carry. 120 of the 143 trades stayed open across at least one night, with a median hold of about 66 hours and a longest of 26 days. Your broker's rates will differ. Commission was zero in this run.
Why does it trade so rarely?: Both an RSI extreme on a four-hour bar and a free position slot are needed, and AUD/CAD reaches those extremes only a handful of times a year. Across the measured record it averaged about nineteen trades a year, and the rate is unusually steady — every full year in the record falls between fifteen and twenty-four.
The total profit looks small — why?: Because it trades rarely and gives most of each move back to the trailing stop. 143 trades over seven and a half years came to 1,056.95 on a $10,000 account with a maximum drawdown of -3.24%. It is one of the smaller totals in this catalogue and the shallowest drawdown of our AUD/CAD builds — the figure is published as measured rather than scaled up by a larger lot.
Does it trade at particular hours?: No. There is no time, session or day filter. Any closed H4 bar whose RSI is past the threshold can open a trade, provided no position is already open.

Same approach, different symbol

PF: 1.20
Max equity DD: -8.0%

Shallower drawdown

PF: 1.38
Max equity DD: -0.7%

Gyre

The complete record — the published backtest and everything since.

Full Record

Since Strategy Lock

Trade History

Monthly Returns

Year by Year

Drawdown

Recent Trades

Verification

How Gyre Trades

AUD/CAD, Four Hours, No Time Filter

RSI(12) At An Extreme

One Position, Either Direction

A 114-Pip Stop Behind Every Order

Trailed Out, Not Taken Out

Risk architecture

Market behavior

Performs best in

Can struggle in

Parameters & Controls

All published inputs

Requirements & Compatibility

Test environment

Important notes

Start in three steps

Step 01 — Download the files

Step 02 — Attach it to the correct chart

Step 03 — Load the published settings

Before you run

Included files

How this record was measured

Frequently asked questions

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