KTZ Fx Journal
Notes from running bots on live money.
Setup guides, risk maths and honest post-mortems for traders who automate Forex, Gold and Crypto. No signals, no hype — just what we've learned keeping EAs alive on real accounts.
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KTZfx Gold EA: the free MT5 gold robot and how to get your copy
Why the EA costs nothing, who qualifies, the four steps to your licence key, and the first-run checklist we use on our own accounts.
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KTZfx Gold EA: the free MT5 gold robot and how to get your copy
Why the EA costs nothing, who qualifies, the four steps to your licence key, and the first-run checklist we use ourselves.
ProductKTZ Fx v1.0: a free invite-only TradingView indicator
What invite-only means, why it protects you, and the two-minute process that puts the KTZ Fx script on your TradingView charts.
MT5Five MetaTrader settings that quietly break a working EA
The bot compiled, the smiley face is there, and nothing happens. Usually it is one of these five, and none of them raise an error.
DiagnosticsThe bot didn't take the trade: reading the MT5 log
Journal, Experts, and the return codes that explain a missing trade in one line. 10016, 10019, 10027 and what each one really means.
PortfolioRunning two bots on one account without them fighting
Magic numbers are the easy part. Shared margin, stacked exposure and correlated pairs are what actually blow the account up.
TimingYour broker's clock is not your clock
Server time, GMT offset and two daylight-saving shifts a year. Every time-filtered bot drifts by an hour and nobody notices.
CryptoWhat changes when a bot trades crypto instead of forex
The market never closes, so the risks move somewhere else: contract sizes, weekend liquidity, funding costs and maintenance windows.
RiskWhen to switch a bot off — and when it's just a bad week
Turning a strategy off during normal variance is as costly as leaving a broken one running. Decide the numbers on day one.
GoldWhy XAUUSD needs different risk settings than EURUSD
Gold moves in dollars, not pips, and its overnight gaps punish lot sizes that feel safe on the majors. Here's how we size it.
RiskLot size and drawdown: the maths beginners skip
Two numbers decide whether an account survives a bad week. Work them out before you switch a bot on, not after.
BrokersChoosing a broker for automated trading
Spreads get all the attention. Execution, swap, server stability and withdrawal speed decide far more of your result.
StrategyBacktest vs live: reading results without fooling yourself
A 99% modelling quality report is not a promise. Four checks that separate a real edge from a curve-fitted fantasy.
Prop firmsRunning an EA in a prop firm challenge
Most failed challenges aren't bad trading — they're rule breaches. Read these five clauses before you load a bot.
SetupSet up an MT5 expert advisor on a VPS in 20 minutes
Broker account, VPS, terminal, EA file, settings, first trade — in the order that avoids the usual mistakes.
Run your EA 24/7
An expert advisor only trades while MetaTrader is open. A forex VPS keeps it running when your PC is off — we use GoVPSFX.
