Massive Recovery Factor: Turning $1,000 into $10,263 (+$9,263 net profit) while only risking a maximal drawdown of $1,383 (24.43%) gives you a Recovery Factor of ~6.7. Anything over 3.0 is generally considered a strong backtest.

Realistic Win Rate & Payoff Ratio:

• Win Rate: 60.95%

• Average Win: $104.20 vs. Average Loss: -$113.63

• This is healthy. It’s not a dangerous "martingale" or grid system that relies on a fake 95% win rate only to blow up the account later.

Solid Profit Factor (1.43): A Profit Factor between 1.3 and 1.6 is the sweet spot for trend-following EAs on Gold. It means the system is making $1.43 for every $1.00 it loses after 484 trades.

Real Spread Included: The test was run with a spread of 51 points (5.1 pips), which proves the system isn't just exploiting zero-spread tester glitches.