The Gentleman Algo-Trading System is a cutting-edge automated trading solution grounded in Smart Money Concepts (SMC). It identifies high-probability trading opportunities by analyzing liquidity zones, market structure, and order flow dynamics. With its refined strategy, Gentleman aims to execute precise entries and exits while maintaining minimal market exposure for optimal risk management.

Unlike many Expert Advisors (EAs) that depend on high-risk strategies—such as Martingale, grid trading, or no-stop-loss approaches—the Gentleman Expert Advisor applies a disciplined, risk-managed methodology. Every trade is executed with a clearly defined stop-loss and take-profit, ensuring capital protection and allowing profits to be secured systematically. This conservative approach is designed for long-term trading sustainability, avoiding the pitfalls of aggressive or luck-dependent algorithms.

• Trading instrument: NASDAQ Index (your broker may list it as USTEC, NAS100, or US100)

• Trading session: Restricted to US session

• Entry signal: Single-indicator confirmation

• Entry levels: Derived from market structure

• Additional filters applied to minimize unnecessary market exposure

• Profit targets: Every trade executed with a predefined take-profit; position closed partially at key levels

• Stop-loss rules: Stop-loss level predefined for every trade

• Position sizing: Fixed initial lot adjustable to dynamic based on equity or balance

• Trading time limited to specific session period

• Minimum Starting Capital: 

- $250 if your broker allows trading from 0.1 lots

- $2,500 if the minimum allowed lot size is 1.0. (Check this in your MetaTrader under the Symbol Specification tab.)

• Broker Account Type Needed: Standard or Raw Spread. The signal currently runs on Global Prime (Standard account). For other brokers, choose low spread account

• Leverage: 1:500

Based on historical backtests, verified forward test and live trading data:

• Monthly return: Average 12%

• Annual return: 100 - 300%

• Average drawdown: 25 - 50%

• Average trade duration: 5 hours

• Average number of trades per week: 7

The system has been successfully backtested using high-quality tick data over multiple years and across diverse market conditions, including periods of high volatility, low liquidity, and trending as well as ranging environments. These tests confirm the system’s ability to adapt to varying market scenarios while maintaining profitability.

In addition to backtesting, the system completed a 1-year forward test on a demo account, further demonstrating its capability to perform under near-live conditions. 

However, it is essential to recognize the limitations of both backtesting and demo forward testing. While they provide valuable insights, they cannot fully replicate real-world trading factors such as execution speed, slippage, broker spreads, and liquidity fluctuations, all of which can impact performance.

For this reason, the most reliable measure of Gentleman’s effectiveness comes from its live trading performance, which is actively tracked and independently verified on both Myfxbook and MQL5. These third-party verifications provide transparency and credibility, giving traders confidence in the system’s real-world results.

• Platform: MetaTrader 4 (MT4)

• Trades executed and managed by Niredo iTrade Bot

• PC with stable 24/5 internet connection or reliable VPS required to receive signals or run the system

Despite extensive testing and validation, trading in financial markets involves significant risk. The Gentleman Algo-Trading System is built with strict risk management rules and position controls, but trading outcomes can still vary based on factors such as broker execution quality, spread conditions, slippage, and account size.

While the system is designed to perform effectively in a variety of market conditions, traders should note that unexpected events may lead to increased drawdowns, particularly if the account is underfunded or aggressive risk settings are used. Using conservative parameters and ensuring sufficient starting capital can help mitigate these risks.

All trading carries a high level of risk to your capital. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The possibility exists that you could sustain a loss of some or all of your investment and therefore you should not invest money that you cannot afford to lose.

Remember, you and you alone are responsible for deciding if you are comfortable accepting the risk involved in trading.