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The Dome

FORWARD TESTPrice Action / Structure

Discretionary-grade price action taken systematically — structure, sweep, reclaim.

29.8%
CAGR · 0.5 years
$100,000$113,657
Total return
+13.7%
$13,657
Max drawdown
-3.82%
42d longest
Sharpe
2.52
Sortino 2.52
Calmar
7.81
Recovery 3.6x
Profit factor
1.43
Expectancy 0.27R
Win rate
61.8%
89 trades
Payoff
0.88x
Avg win $831
Current DD
-3.82%
Ulcer 1.69

Equity curve — net of commission & swap

2026-01-022026-06-30

Underwater / drawdown

Monthly returns (%)

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYTD
20261.58.02.14.1-0.3-2.3······13.7

R-multiple distribution

Best trade
$3,245
Worst trade
-$1,113
Longest win streak
8
Longest loss streak
4
Avg hold
19.3h
Commission paid
-$2,768
Swap
-$12
Daily VaR 95%
-0.93%

Month by month — return, win rate & drawdown

6 months
MonthReturnDistributionP&LTradesWin rateMax DD
Jun 2026-2.29%
-$2,66017
47.1%
-3.39%
May 2026-0.27%
-$31315
60.0%
-2.37%
Apr 2026+4.12%
$4,61812
58.3%
-1.82%
Mar 2026+2.15%
$2,35315
60.0%
-3.30%
Feb 2026+7.99%
$8,11313
84.6%
-0.88%
Jan 2026+1.54%
$1,54416
68.8%
-1.47%

Year by year

YearReturnP&LTradesWin %Max DDBest moWorst mo
2026+13.7%$13,6578961.8-3.8%8.0%-2.3%

Program specification

Status
FORWARD
Platform
MetaTrader 5 · build 4410 · VPS LD4
Broker
IC Markets Global · Raw Spread
Account
Forward test · Hedging · USD
Base capital
$100,000
Timeframe
M15 execution · H4 structure map
Holding
Intraday to 2 sessions (avg 6.4 hours)
Sessions
London, London/NY, New York
Instruments
XAUUSD · EURUSD · GBPUSD · USDJPY · NAS100 · US500
Risk / trade
0.65%
Max positions
3
Leverage
1:30
Martingale
NO
Grid
NO
Hedging
NO
News filter
YES
Trades / month
14.8
Monthly win rate
66.7%

Thesis & edge

Price does not reverse at levels, it reverses at failed levels. The Dome maps H4 swing structure into a dome of protected highs and lows, waits for liquidity to be swept beyond one of them, and only engages once price closes back inside the dome. Everything the EA does is a mechanical transcription of how a discretionary price-action trader reads a sweep and reclaim — no indicators, no averaging, no hidden martingale.

Six months into an unsupervised forward test on a funded 100k account. Selectivity is the whole edge: roughly 14 qualifying setups a month across six instruments, a high win rate on reclaims, and losses cut at the structural invalidation rather than a round number. Gold and the indices carry most of the profit; the FX legs are close to flat and are kept for correlation balance rather than expectancy.

Forward test · unaudited broker statement, no manual intervention, all trades server-side timestamped. 6 months elapsed of a planned 12 before live capital.

Rule set

Entry
  • Build the dome: last three confirmed H4 swing highs and lows, filtered for equal-highs / equal-lows clusters where resting liquidity sits.
  • Wait for a sweep — price must trade at least 0.4x ATR(14, H4) beyond a dome boundary and print a rejection wick of 55%+ of the candle range.
  • Require reclaim: an M15 close back inside the dome within three candles of the sweep, otherwise the setup is voided permanently.
  • Entry on the retest of the reclaimed boundary, limit only — the EA never chases a market order.
  • Direction must agree with the H4 structural bias (higher-high/higher-low sequence) unless the sweep is a full range failure.
Exit
  • Stop beyond the sweep extreme plus 0.15x ATR — invalidation is structural, not a fixed pip count.
  • First target at the opposing internal dome boundary, 50% off, stop to break-even plus spread.
  • Runner trails behind each new M15 structure point, targeting the outer dome boundary at ~3.1R.
  • Hard flat before the daily close on Friday and 12 minutes before any red-folder release on a held instrument.
Risk
  • 0.65% risk per idea, sized from the structural stop distance, never from a fixed lot.
  • Three positions maximum and one per instrument; correlated pairs (EURUSD/GBPUSD, NAS100/US500) count as a single slot.
  • Daily loss circuit-breaker at 1.8%; two consecutive stop-outs disarm the EA until the next session open.
  • No position increase, no re-entry after a stop on the same dome boundary.

Instrument attribution

XAUUSD2080.0%$10,834
EURUSD1668.8%$3,412
GBPUSD1376.9%$3,019
USDJPY1656.3%$717
NAS1001435.7%-$1,999
US5001040.0%-$2,326

Session attribution

Sydney850.0%$661
Tokyo2665.4%$5,246
London1776.5%$6,484
London/NY1942.1%-$4,937
New York1968.4%$6,203

P&L by entry hour (UTC)

Execution ledger — last 89 of 89 closed trades

TicketSymbolSideOpenCloseHoldLotsEntryExitSLTPPipsCommSwapRP&LEquityTag
242056USDJPYBUY2026-06-30 19:572026-07-03 01:1053.2h5.13149.82145.28146.27154.26-454-40.74-5.96-1.28-$1,000.52$113,657SLIPPED STOP
242054US500BUY2026-06-29 02:512026-06-29 20:1717.4h34.195139.935100.245110.315176.96-396.9-38.650.00-1.34-$1,046.48$114,657SLIPPED STOP
242053NAS100SELL2026-06-26 20:352026-06-29 00:3952.1h33.8418613.3918559.2918647.6318570.59541-25.375.961.58$1,156.97$115,704TARGET
242050USDJPYBUY2026-06-25 13:472026-06-26 18:5329.1h5.17152.37150.57150.75154.4-180-32.79-3.00-1.11-$867.44$114,547SLIPPED STOP
242048XAUUSDBUY2026-06-23 05:402026-06-23 22:0816.5h33.932386.282406.932361.262417.56206.5-29.590.000.83$586.41$115,414TARGET
242045NAS100SELL2026-06-19 15:222026-06-21 15:2948.1h34.2518764.0618810.9518797.0118722.87-468.9-28.01-6.03-1.42-$1,106.30$114,828SLIPPED STOP
242044NAS100BUY2026-06-16 16:352026-06-16 19:443.1h34.5018442.518415.9818417.0818474.27-265.2-41.350.00-1.04-$833.32$115,934STOP
242043GBPUSDSELL2026-06-15 16:472026-06-16 16:4223.9h3.481.241871.259351.257621.22218-174.8-24.010.00-1.11-$872.52$116,767SLIPPED STOP
242039USDJPYBUY2026-06-12 06:072026-06-13 07:1025.1h5.21148.15151.8145.94150.91365-39.65-3.031.65$1,206.84$117,640TARGET
242038US500BUY2026-06-11 08:502026-06-11 20:4311.9h34.065370.545396.775353.985391.24262.3-40.270.001.58$1,146.26$116,433TARGET
242036USDJPYSELL2026-06-10 09:402026-06-10 11:562.3h5.14155.81154.86157.1154.295-23.800.000.74$529.27$115,287TARGET
242032NAS100SELL2026-06-09 14:512026-06-10 13:0122.2h34.2217816.7417858.1717846.6217779.39-414.3-29.280.00-1.39-$1,073.24$114,758SLIPPED STOP
242031XAUUSDSELL2026-06-08 08:152026-06-09 04:0319.8h34.002372.232353.952389.632350.48182.8-26.520.001.05$759.35$115,831TARGET
242029EURUSDBUY2026-06-05 03:242026-06-06 03:2224.0h3.371.065381.110461.035561.10265450.8-38.240.001.51$1,082.01$115,071TARGET
242025XAUUSDBUY2026-06-04 02:342026-06-04 05:383.1h33.942362.842322.432327.242407.34-404.1-38.750.00-1.14-$886.32$113,989SLIPPED STOP
242022US500BUY2026-06-03 10:282026-06-03 12:011.6h34.265298.285273.975281.035319.84-243.1-30.000.00-1.41-$1,092.03$114,876SLIPPED STOP
242020EURUSDSELL2026-06-02 10:462026-06-02 23:3412.8h3.411.084541.06271.106741.05679218.4-35.110.000.98$701.85$115,968TARGET
242016USDJPYSELL2026-06-01 20:052026-06-02 04:078.0h5.21154.72156.37155.95153.18-165-36.530.00-1.34-$1,050.40$115,266SLIPPED STOP
242012NAS100SELL2026-05-28 06:112026-05-28 08:402.5h34.6517894.3517923.3417918.3317864.38-289.9-22.960.00-1.21-$944.59$116,316SLIPPED STOP
242011XAUUSDSELL2026-05-27 13:562026-05-28 23:1033.2h34.912261.472284.762281.882235.95-232.9-27.48-3.07-1.14-$907.04$117,261SLIPPED STOP
242010USDJPYSELL2026-05-26 15:532026-05-27 21:4529.9h5.27152.25151.16153.76150.36109-32.883.060.72$523.51$118,168TARGET
242008NAS100BUY2026-05-25 08:522026-05-27 00:3139.6h34.5818491.4618519.3218457.8818533.44278.6-35.353.040.83$598.91$117,644TARGET
242004EURUSDSELL2026-05-21 17:222026-05-22 21:1027.8h3.441.075041.038171.109631.0318368.7-40.263.021.07$768.43$117,046TARGET
242001XAUUSDBUY2026-05-20 03:382026-05-20 19:3916.0h34.062343.942386.92312.952382.67429.6-33.800.001.39$1,004.86$116,277TARGET
241999EURUSDSELL2026-05-19 17:162026-05-20 11:1518.0h3.401.106851.095581.131131.0765112.7-30.980.000.46$315.98$115,272TARGET
241995US500SELL2026-05-15 07:522026-05-15 19:5512.1h34.245282.425304.385300.635259.66-219.6-37.110.00-1.21-$945.78$114,956SLIPPED STOP
241994USDJPYSELL2026-05-14 21:182026-05-14 22:461.5h5.24149.65154.42153.24145.16-477-33.290.00-1.33-$1,043.26$115,902SLIPPED STOP
241990USDJPYBUY2026-05-13 02:232026-05-13 10:308.1h5.21150.1152.17147.35153.54207-36.950.000.75$531.82$116,945TARGET
241989USDJPYBUY2026-05-12 18:332026-05-13 16:5822.4h5.26147.83142.5144.05152.55-533-36.030.00-1.41-$1,113.03$116,413SLIPPED STOP
241985XAUUSDSELL2026-05-11 21:312026-05-12 03:115.7h34.542294.982263.952330.822250.19310.3-27.390.000.87$630.58$117,527TARGET
241984EURUSDSELL2026-05-04 07:512026-05-04 10:192.5h3.481.093641.115041.11351.06881-214-29.650.00-1.08-$854.15$116,896STOP
241980XAUUSDBUY2026-05-01 17:322026-05-01 20:022.5h34.462280.442319.562254.542312.81391.2-24.190.001.51$1,120.93$117,750TARGET
241977GBPUSDSELL2026-04-30 16:432026-05-01 07:1814.6h3.421.29971.27531.322241.27152244-40.680.001.08$774.58$116,629TARGET
241973XAUUSDBUY2026-04-28 21:232026-04-29 08:4611.4h33.962329.782348.992314.742348.59192.1-38.240.001.28$915.64$115,855TARGET
241969USDJPYSELL2026-04-24 04:222026-04-24 20:1515.9h5.09150.27144.63153.6146.1564-29.230.001.69$1,222.80$114,939TARGET
241966USDJPYSELL2026-04-23 19:462026-04-24 07:0011.2h5.05151.36148.95153.23149.03241-26.060.001.29$919.25$113,716TARGET
241965NAS100SELL2026-04-22 02:542026-04-23 02:0323.1h33.5918764.7918785.6418783.0518741.97-208.5-34.200.00-1.14-$878.01$112,797SLIPPED STOP
241962GBPUSDBUY2026-04-20 15:542026-04-20 18:162.4h3.341.291291.307431.276661.30958161.4-37.290.001.10$772.39$113,675TARGET
241959EURUSDSELL2026-04-15 09:162026-04-16 01:0715.8h3.371.060461.082911.076641.04023-224.5-40.640.00-1.39-$1,068.07$112,903SLIPPED STOP
241957EURUSDBUY2026-04-14 13:102026-04-15 10:3621.4h3.391.111151.074061.080011.15008-370.9-33.340.00-1.19-$922.65$113,971SLIPPED STOP
241956NAS100BUY2026-04-13 16:072026-04-14 15:1023.1h32.9917883.6918029.2117851.5217923.91455.2-37.830.004.52$3,245.33$114,893TAIL WIN
241952EURUSDBUY2026-04-09 18:482026-04-11 11:0740.3h3.321.114821.093251.096291.13799-215.7-29.562.93-1.16-$877.70$111,648SLIPPED STOP
241949EURUSDBUY2026-04-08 03:472026-04-09 13:5734.2h3.301.116361.153411.086051.15425370.5-23.682.901.22$866.53$112,526TARGET
241947EURUSDSELL2026-04-07 04:562026-04-07 11:056.2h3.281.054941.037551.074491.0305173.9-38.330.000.89$603.82$111,659TARGET
241944NAS100BUY2026-04-03 15:332026-04-04 16:5425.4h33.0918265.0818236.8118242.6418293.13-282.7-35.58-2.91-1.26-$955.82$111,055SLIPPED STOP
241943GBPUSDSELL2026-03-30 14:032026-03-30 18:234.3h3.301.237381.227241.256551.21342101.4-33.830.000.53$350.27$112,011TARGET
241941XAUUSDBUY2026-03-27 12:562026-03-27 19:256.5h33.282380.462335.072346.082423.43-453.9-24.150.00-1.32-$990.92$111,661SLIPPED STOP
241938NAS100SELL2026-03-26 05:422026-03-26 19:1313.5h33.5918226.6718247.4318241.818207.76-207.6-38.690.00-1.37-$1,053.06$112,652SLIPPED STOP
241934EURUSDBUY2026-03-25 21:152026-03-26 15:0717.9h3.331.109681.129581.09481.12829199-23.830.001.34$956.22$113,705TARGET
241932EURUSDSELL2026-03-24 02:012026-03-25 15:5237.9h3.301.058211.038621.071311.04184195.9-30.67-2.901.50$1,052.24$112,749TARGET
241929USDJPYBUY2026-03-23 03:532026-03-24 00:3920.8h5.04147.13143.02143.58151.57-411-28.250.00-1.16-$876.43$111,696SLIPPED STOP
241927US500SELL2026-03-18 14:592026-03-19 13:4422.8h33.555142.785164.115159.325122.11-213.3-36.310.00-1.29-$988.40$112,573SLIPPED STOP
241924EURUSDSELL2026-03-17 03:592026-03-17 21:5217.9h3.391.083141.121261.110651.04875-381.2-26.940.00-1.39-$1,059.16$113,561SLIPPED STOP
241920GBPUSDBUY2026-03-13 10:492026-03-14 21:0334.2h3.411.26311.226221.229361.30527-368.8-23.14-3.00-1.09-$846.61$114,620STOP
241918XAUUSDBUY2026-03-10 18:492026-03-11 16:1121.4h33.742326.452378.142297.062363.19516.9-24.000.001.76$1,281.18$115,467TARGET
241915USDJPYSELL2026-03-09 15:192026-03-10 02:4211.4h5.10151.15149.71154.51146.95144-26.420.000.43$291.24$114,186TARGET
241914XAUUSDSELL2026-03-06 04:022026-03-06 09:325.5h33.382287.572261.72307.922262.13258.7-30.960.001.27$902.75$113,894TARGET
241913XAUUSDBUY2026-03-05 07:542026-03-05 17:329.6h33.082340.612368.072321.762364.18274.6-37.820.001.46$1,022.21$112,992TARGET
241912US500BUY2026-03-04 06:272026-03-05 02:2620.0h32.785320.875374.595284.285366.61537.2-23.970.001.47$1,034.78$111,970TARGET
241908XAUUSDBUY2026-03-02 04:012026-03-04 10:1854.3h32.402320.882365.442296.592351.25445.6-24.50-5.701.83$1,277.17$110,935TARGET
241906XAUUSDBUY2026-02-27 06:492026-02-27 09:473.0h32.082351.822396.082323.372387.38442.6-27.930.001.56$1,070.26$109,658TARGET
241904USDJPYBUY2026-02-26 12:452026-02-27 09:1620.5h4.78153.66157.32152.3155.35366-23.410.002.70$1,850.47$108,587TAIL WIN
241900US500BUY2026-02-24 02:332026-02-25 07:0428.5h31.775379.695362.125363.345400.13-175.7-34.76-2.80-1.07-$788.68$106,737STOP
241897XAUUSDSELL2026-02-20 14:002026-02-22 09:3843.6h31.672361.742345.232392.082323.82165.1-32.04-2.790.54$344.31$107,526TARGET
241895XAUUSDBUY2026-02-18 08:362026-02-18 14:336.0h31.432292.512310.572277.662311.07180.6-30.970.001.22$809.82$107,181TARGET
241893XAUUSDSELL2026-02-16 18:582026-02-17 12:5618.0h31.082294.332259.372313.782270.02349.6-37.230.001.80$1,191.98$106,371TARGET
241890XAUUSDBUY2026-02-12 14:032026-02-13 00:0710.1h30.762381.012428.712351.432417.98477-35.320.001.61$1,056.18$105,179TARGET
241886GBPUSDSELL2026-02-11 02:002026-02-11 07:555.9h3.071.252691.241991.28281.21505107-27.920.000.36$212.06$104,123TARGET
241884GBPUSDBUY2026-02-10 08:232026-02-11 10:3126.1h3.041.297891.344531.270631.33196466.4-33.66-2.671.71$1,107.14$103,911TARGET
241880GBPUSDBUY2026-02-05 13:062026-02-06 17:5328.8h3.061.252711.210961.22081.2926-417.5-24.52-2.70-1.31-$909.09$102,804SLIPPED STOP
241879EURUSDSELL2026-02-04 11:522026-02-05 05:0617.2h3.041.087021.063451.105891.06343235.7-32.210.001.25$803.19$103,713TARGET
241875US500BUY2026-02-03 03:552026-02-03 21:5318.0h30.125301.835327.125284.755323.18252.9-24.970.001.48$956.19$102,910TARGET
241873XAUUSDBUY2026-02-02 05:472026-02-02 12:166.5h30.002277.052294.972250.182310.63179.2-30.750.000.67$409.56$101,954TARGET
241870XAUUSDBUY2026-01-30 12:042026-01-30 22:5810.9h30.232298.4622712273.912329.15-274.6-20.590.00-1.12-$764.43$101,544SLIPPED STOP
241869GBPUSDSELL2026-01-29 08:112026-01-29 16:518.7h3.001.300721.265081.328531.26596356.4-25.110.001.28$820.38$102,309TARGET
241866NAS100BUY2026-01-28 21:512026-01-29 09:1611.4h29.8618436.1118447.318420.0518456.18111.9-35.890.000.70$421.71$101,488TARGET
241863USDJPYBUY2026-01-27 06:212026-01-27 20:1413.9h4.57151.81147.45148.59155.83-436-29.070.00-1.36-$928.43$101,067SLIPPED STOP
241860GBPUSDSELL2026-01-26 19:372026-01-28 08:0636.5h3.011.258491.247011.285161.22516114.8-30.972.650.43$256.26$101,995TARGET
241856NAS100BUY2026-01-23 08:092026-01-23 15:056.9h30.3118194.9318171.7918176.0118218.58-231.4-20.010.00-1.22-$835.77$101,739SLIPPED STOP
241855EURUSDSELL2026-01-21 15:302026-01-23 01:4734.3h3.021.096621.083211.124221.06212134.1-29.422.660.49$296.19$102,574TARGET
241853NAS100BUY2026-01-20 08:242026-01-21 01:1516.9h29.9218319.2218347.9418301.0118341.99287.2-24.310.001.58$1,013.55$102,278TARGET
241850USDJPYSELL2026-01-19 11:372026-01-20 09:5922.4h4.51148.81147.56150.28146.98125-34.780.000.85$520.94$101,265TARGET
241847GBPUSDSELL2026-01-16 19:342026-01-17 07:4912.3h2.971.26181.254441.274581.2458373.6-25.060.000.58$350.84$100,744TARGET
241846EURUSDSELL2026-01-15 10:312026-01-17 02:0239.5h2.941.079041.040891.110941.03917381.5-25.13-2.591.20$746.97$100,393TARGET
241843US500BUY2026-01-12 15:012026-01-14 15:4148.7h29.725301.485252.885266.55345.2-486-33.535.23-1.39-$936.69$99,646SLIPPED STOP
241839GBPUSDBUY2026-01-08 20:382026-01-09 21:0024.4h2.961.285531.298081.253281.32585125.5-22.292.610.39$234.10$100,583TARGET
241836US500SELL2026-01-07 18:432026-01-08 16:4622.1h29.555202.855182.325239.045157.61205.3-34.410.000.57$334.38$100,349TARGET
241834GBPUSDBUY2026-01-06 08:192026-01-06 11:233.1h2.931.236321.259471.21771.2596231.5-32.680.001.24$769.26$100,014TARGET
241831NAS100SELL2026-01-05 05:542026-01-06 18:4136.8h29.5518175.5918213.9318209.5418133.16-383.4-23.532.60-1.13-$755.07$99,245SLIPPED STOP

Forward test on out-of-sample execution with parameters frozen at launch. No live capital deployed. Past performance is not indicative of future results.