Version1.25updated
GoldenShot is a gold Expert Advisor for MetaTrader 5, published by Adam Hrncir. Its linked live signal covers 16 trades in under a month, at a profit factor of 49.53 and a win rate of 93.75%. A win and a loss are close to the same size.
- 16 trades on the linked live signal
- 2 weeks of recorded history
- Tracked on an account opened with 100 USD
- Minimum deposit stated as $100
- Around 187 copies sold a month
GoldenShot signal at a glance
The three panels from the MQL5 signal page, with the figures as published there. The drawdown on the radar is the marketplace's equity figure; the balance figure this site measures is lower and appears further down.
growth since 2026
11%
VantageMarkets-Live 141:500
Transcribed from MQL5 live signal 2387381, statistics as published on the signal page. See the signal page ↗
- Total return
- +18.7%
- Max drawdown
- 0.0%
- Profit factor
- 322.50
- Win rate
- 93.8%
- Recovery factor
- 321.50
- Sharpe
- not disclosed
Computed from MQL5 live signal 2387381, statistics as published on the signal page. See the source ↗
GoldenShot Kept Score
Four measured quarters out of 100. Every input is a figure printed elsewhere on this page, read against a band that is the same for every product on the site.
76
out of 100 · provisional
from trade history
16 trades, under a month of history. The same arithmetic as every other score, on a record that has not yet reached 30 trades and a month. It settles when it does; until then it sits below every settled score, whatever it says.
- Evidence0.6 / 25
16 trades over under a month
against 0 at the floor, 24 months at full, and 0 at the floor, 500 trades at full
- Risk control25 / 25
0.03% worst drawdown
against 0–100% below the running peak
- Consistency25 / 25
322.5 profit factor
against 1.0 at the centre, 3.0 at the rim
- Return on risk25 / 25
321.5× recovery factor
against 0 at the centre, 10× at the rim
How the Kept Score is worked out, and every product scored →
GoldenShot screenshots
4 images from the seller's listing, shown as published. Nothing on them has been measured by this site — the figures elsewhere on this page are the check.
Images © the seller, served from the marketplace. See the original listing ↗
GoldenShot live signal record
Account growth
16 closed trades from 24 Aug 2026 to 3 Sept 2026.
The shape of the record
Six measures on fixed scales — the same scales for every product on this site.
- Winning trades0–100% of closed trades
- Losing trades0–100% of closed trades
- Maximum drawdown0–100% below the running peak
- Profit factor1.0 at the centre, 3.0 at the rim
- Recovery factor0 at the centre, 10× at the rim
- Profitable months0–100% of months in the record
Where the balance came from
Trading profit against the money paid into and taken out of the account.
Time spent below the previous peak
Deepest fall 0.0%, over 0 days.
Result by month
100% of months finished up.
Download
Download and pricing
GoldenShot free download
There is a free download, and it is the demo MQL5 hosts on the listing itself. It is the full algorithm, restricted to the MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester — you can backtest it on your own broker's history for nothing. What it cannot do is trade a live or demo account. That needs the paid version.
Free demo
$0
- Runs in the MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester
- Backtest on your own broker's price history
- Cannot trade a live or demo account
- Downloaded 1,322 times
Full version
$199
- Trades live and demo accounts
- 10 activations per licence
- Bought from the seller, not from us
- We take no payment and hold no stock
Both links go to the seller's own listing. We do not host, sell or distribute this software, and we do not have a copy of it. Anything offering a paid Expert Advisor as a free live download is pirated, unsupported, and a common way to get a trading account drained by a modified build.
What GoldenShot's record shows
Short track record
16 trades over 0.3 months. Metrics from a record this size are indicative rather than conclusive — a strategy needs to meet a market it dislikes before its drawdown figure means much.
How this was measured
- Trades
- 16
- Months
- 0.3
How GoldenShot trades
Read off the record rather than the sales page: how long it holds, which way it leans, and what market the figures actually describe.
How long it stays in
Positions last 11 min on average, which makes this a scalper whatever the listing calls it. Holding time decides how much the spread costs you and how much overnight risk you are carrying.
Which way it trades
Its 18 trades split 38.9% long to 61.1% short, so the result does not rest on the market having gone one way.
Built around one market
Everything here is XAUUSD. A single-market record says nothing about how it behaves anywhere else, so read every figure below as being about XAUUSD alone.
Where the money came from
The same totals the listing publishes, divided into the numbers that say whether an edge is real and whether it would survive being run on a different account.
Money won against money lost
It won $28 and lost $21, a profit factor of 322.50. For every $1.00 it handed back it took $322.50 in gross profit.
Where the edge comes from
It wins 93.8% of its trades, and the average win is 21.5× the average loss.
What one trade is worth
Averaged over 18 trades, each returned $0.40 on an account that opened at $100. That is the figure to multiply by your own trade count — not the headline growth.
Growth, per month
+18.7% total over 0 months compounds to +60.6% a month. The monthly rate is the comparable number: a total says as much about how long an account ran as about how well it traded.
What could go wrong with GoldenShot
Every figure here is already in the record. These are the parts of it a summary table averages away.
Two drawdowns, not one
Drawdown reached 9.1% on equity and 6.7% on closed trades. The two sitting close together is what you want — it means open losses were not being parked out of sight.
The worst single trade
Its worst trade lost $20.07, 1.9× the average loss of $10.33. The account grew 2.8× over the record, which accounts for most of that spread — adjusted for it the worst loss is 0.7× the average. Adjusted, the losses cluster rather than fan out, which is the shape a stop produces.
Its longest cold spell
It lost 1 trades in a row at some point. At the average loss that is about $10, or 10.3% of the $100 the account opened with. Assume it happens again, and ask whether you would still be running it on the far side.
Profit against the worst dip
It made 321.5× its deepest drawdown in total profit. Above one means the record has more than covered its own worst stretch.
What GoldenShot needs from your account
Cost and account size, against the drawdown this record already produced.
What the minimum really means
The listing asks for $100 minimum. At the 0.0% drawdown this record already produced, an account that size would have been $0 down at the worst point — on the tracked account, at its settings. Yours will differ.
The licence against the account
At $199, the licence costs 199.0% of the $100 minimum deposit it asks for. Bought at that minimum, the software costs more than the account it trades, and the trading has to clear that before it clears anything else.
The account these figures came from
Every figure above comes from one account that opened with $100 at VantageMarkets-Live 14. A different size, a different broker or different settings is a different result.
What buyers say
Counted from the reviews MQL5 publishes on the listing. We count the subjects raised and the ratings given; we do not reprint the reviews.
What the marketplace scores it
5.00 out of 5 from 14 reviews on MQL5. That is a rating of the purchase — the seller, the support, the documentation — and only indirectly of the trading.
The rating, split three ways
MQL5 scores it 5.00 on description, 5.00 on reliability and usability, and 5.00 on support. Buyers rate reliability and usability lowest, which is the part the headline number averages away.
What buyers actually write about
Across the 14 most recent reviews, results and profit comes up most often — 3 of them mention it. None of the recurring subjects appears mainly in negative reviews.
How the recent ones split
Of the 14 reviews the listing serves, 12 rate it four stars or better and 0 rate it two and a half or worse. This is the most recent page rather than every review ever left, which means it describes the version on sale now.
Who maintains it
How recently it was touched, how long it has been sold, and what the marketplace record says about the seller.
Whether anyone is still working on it
Version 1.25, last updated 13 Sept 2026 — within the last month. A system still being touched is one whose author is still answering for it.
How long it has been on sale
Listed since 28 Aug 2026, about 1 months. A short listing history means the record you are reading has not been through much yet.
Who is behind it
MQL5 gives Adam Hrncir its badges for “Sold more than 500 products”. Those count marketplace volume, not trading results — a seller can move a great many copies of something that loses money.
GoldenShot vs Scalping Robot Pro MT5 vs Ghost Scalper MT5
How GoldenShot stands against two other measured tools on the site, on the ratios that do not depend on account size. Every figure is computed from that product's own record; the marker shows which leads on each measure.
- Profit factorEverything won divided by everything lost
- 322.50▲
- 6.95
- 3.14
- Payoff ratioAverage win divided by average loss
- 21.50▲
- 1.47
- 1.30
- Max drawdownDeepest fall from a previous high
- 0.0%▲
- 3.0%
- 30.3%
- Recovery factorNet profit per unit of worst fall
- 321.50▲
- 15.47
- 5.47
- Growth per monthTotal growth compounded to a monthly rate
- 60.58%
- 15756.18%▲
- 403.57%
- Win rateNot scored — a high win rate is only good if the payoff supports it
- 93.8%
- 82.5%
- 70.8%
GoldenShot leads on 4 of the 5 measures that could be decided. The full comparison lists what the records do not share.
GoldenShot: common questions
The four things people search for about this product, answered from the record rather than from the sales page.
Is there a GoldenShot free download?
Yes — a free demo. GoldenShot is sold on the MQL5 Market, and every listing there carries a demo you can download at no cost. It is the full algorithm limited to the MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester, so you can backtest it on your own broker history for nothing, but it will not trade a live or demo account. The full version is $199. MQL5 records 1,322 downloads of it. Anything advertising the paid version as a free live download is a pirated build — usually modified, always unsupported, and a common way to lose an account.
Does GoldenShot have a live signal?
Yes. GoldenShot publishes a live signal on MQL5 covering 16 trades over about 0 months, and MQL5 verifies it from the broker's own trade feed rather than from the seller. It shows 60.6% a month compounded, a deepest fall of 0.0% and a profit factor of 322.50. Every figure on this page is recomputed from that record, and the page links it so you can check the arithmetic yourself.
Is there a GoldenShot backtest?
Not one from us, and deliberately. A backtest is run by whoever is selling the product, on history and settings they choose, and it can be tuned until it looks good — which is why a flawless backtest and a poor live record so often sit on the same page. Instead this page measures 16 real trades over about 0 months of forward results, which is stronger evidence than any backtest: nobody can re-run it until it looks good. If you want a backtest, run your own: the free MetaTrader 5 demo does exactly that on your own broker's spreads, which is the only backtest whose assumptions you control.
Is there a GoldenShot Myfxbook review?
Not that we can verify. GoldenShot is not tracked on Myfxbook, and we will not point at a third-party page we cannot confirm belongs to this product — a name match is not proof. Its verified record is the MQL5 signal linked on this page, which serves the same purpose: an independent platform reading the broker's trade feed directly rather than taking the seller's word for it. Reviews on the MQL5 listing itself rate the purchase — the seller, the support, the documentation — rather than the trading, which is what the measured figures on this page are for.
GoldenShot specification
- Platform
- MetaTrader 5
- Type
- Expert Advisor
- Author
- Adam Hrncir
- Symbols
- XAUUSD
- Version
- 1.25
- Published
- 28 Aug 2026
- Last updated
- 13 Sept 2026
- Minimum deposit
- $100
- Tracked account
- VantageMarkets-Live 14 · 1:500
- Opening deposit
- $100
- Current balance
- $282
- Record length
- 3 weeks (0.7 months)
- Max drawdown by equity
- 9.06% · $10
- Max drawdown by balance
- 6.65% · $20
- Worst losing streak
- 1 trades
- Trades analysed
- 18
- Average hold
- 11 min
- Expected payoff
- $0 per trade
- Sharpe (as published)
- 0.13
- History measured
- 24 Aug 2026 – 3 Sept 2026
- Trades analysed
- 16
- Opening balance
- $100
- Data source
- MQL5 live signal 2387381, statistics as published on the signal page