Golden Tiger EA v9
Parameter Guide & Settings

What they do

Initial Lot Size is the starting lot of every round; Maximum Order Lot Size is the absolute per-order ceiling. Both are lot sizes you type in directly, and the grid step-up climbs between the two (see Fig. 3). Factory 0.05 = 5× the starting lot.

Raise them

In the same market, profit and loss both scale up. The floating loss also deepens faster, so the floating-loss limit is reached sooner.

Lower them

The whole position structure gets smaller and the account survives a deeper move against it. The cost is that profit accumulates more slowly.

Two things to watch

1. They do not follow the balance. Profits do not scale them up, and losses do not scale them down — when the account shrinks, the risk ratio quietly rises, and watching for that is the single most important job left to you.
2. Think of the two numbers together. The ceiling should be at least equal to the starting lot; a ceiling below the start means the grid never grows at all (a legitimate most-conservative setup — just make sure it is not a typo).

Finding a starting point

Treat the starting lot as “the smallest order this account will ever place”, then work backwards from all three modules fully loaded to check the worst case is survivable (see the bottom row of Fig. 1). If unsure, start at the broker’s minimum lot, let it trade through a full market cycle, and only then decide whether to raise it.

What it does

How much the lot size is multiplied by on each step up. Together with the orders-per-step below, it sets the pace of growth (see Fig. 3).

Raise it

The size hits the ceiling quickly: the average price moves fast, but so does the position.

Lower it (toward 1.0)

Nearly equal-sized grid orders, a flat curve. 1.0 = no growth at all.

Do not set it to

Anything below 1.0, zero, or a negative number. Below 1 the grid orders shrink instead of averaging down; zero or negative breaks the size calculation.

What it does

How many orders it takes to move up one step. At the factory value of 2, orders 1 and 2 are the same size, orders 3 and 4 step up once, and so on.

Raise it

Growth is slower and flatter, so the size of a round builds up more gently.

Lower it (e.g. 1)

Every single order steps up, reaching the ceiling as fast as possible — the most aggressive setting in this group.

Do not set it to

Never zero. It must be an integer of 1 or more.

The target is not a fixed number of points. It is “one unit of distance derived from current volatility × the multiplier”, so it widens automatically when volatility rises and tightens when it falls. TP Distance on the panel is that unit. The three multipliers apply in different situations:

Raise it

Each round has to earn more before it closes, so the profit per round is bigger — but closing gets harder, positions are held longer, and more grid orders are likely.

Lower it

Faster closes, faster turnover, shorter holding times — but thinner profit per round, and spread and commission take a bigger share of it.

Note

The out-of-session multiplier is normally set equal to or slightly below the other two — the point is to clear the book, not to squeeze out more. None of the three should go below 1.0: a target too close to the entry may be rejected by the broker’s minimum-distance rule.

What it does

Defines a window in whole hours of MT5 server time. The start hour is included, the end hour is excluded. Only inside that window will Module 1 open a brand-new round.

Outside the window

No new round is opened, but existing positions keep adding, keep being managed and keep closing, with targets switched to the “Out of Session” multiplier. If a running round keeps moving the same way, Modules 2 and 3 will still take over and extend it — the window blocks starting from scratch, not what you already hold.

Widen it

More chances to enter, but also more entries during thin hours when the spread is wide.

Narrow it

Trades only in the hours you approve of: fewer entries, more selective — but there may be days with no activity at all.

Do not set it to

A window that crosses midnight is not supported (e.g. 20 to 4). The start must be lower than the end, otherwise no new round is ever opened. Check how many hours your server time differs from your local time first — they are rarely the same.

What it does

While on, the 15:00 server-time hour is excluded from the trading session — no brand-new round starts during that hour, and existing positions are managed as usual (same rules as outside the session).

Why it exists

That hour often brings liquidity hand-overs and widening spreads. The factory choice is simply to sit it out — better to trade one hour less.

When you will notice it

The factory session is 4–12, which does not include hour 15, so at factory settings it has no practical effect. It only starts blocking orders once you widen the session to cover hour 15.

Suggestion

Leave it on unless you have a specific reason. If you do want new rounds during hour 15, switch it off — but understand why the factory setting avoids it.

What it does

Each module stamps its own orders with one of these numbers, which is how the system recognises which positions are its own. They also let you reconcile the three separately in reports and history.

When to change them

When another EA is running on the same MT5 account, or when you attach a copy to several instruments — set the numbers so nothing clashes.

Do not set them to

The same value across the three, or to a number another EA already uses — the modules would mistake each other’s orders for their own and the risk figures would be wrong. Leave them alone unless you have a specific reason.

Worth knowing

Orders you place by hand carry none of these numbers. The system never touches them and never counts them.

What it does

It adds up the floating P/L of all three modules (both directions, all instruments; manual orders excluded). Once the combined floating loss reaches “balance × this percentage”, every EA position is closed immediately and new entries pause briefly.

What factory 90% means

It is the widest option in the dropdown — the market gets the maximum room to come back, which is close to carrying the move with the entire account. The flip side: when it does trigger, the account books a loss of close to ninety percent in one go. Make sure you understand and accept that before keeping the factory value.

Lower it

The largest single loss stays contained. But an ordinary pullback may stop you out, cutting short a round that averaging would have recovered — which can end up booking losses more often.

Note

This defence closes everything at once, not just the worst position. It is checked continuously and is not restricted by the trading session. Also, a gap can jump straight past the level, in which case the actual fills will differ from the figure you set.