🔺 MT5 XARD - Simple Trend Following Trading System

SOLESHOE wrote: Sat Mar 14, 2026 9:18 pm Guys, I'd like to share my trading experience with you,
hoping it might help some of you.

I started trading sporadically over 20 years ago.
i am French, living in France near Paris.

At first, I didn't really know what I was doing;
I just relied on advice I found here and there online. Around that time, I learned the hard way about the usefulness of a stop-loss order with a french fintech stock that, after a brief surge, suddenly reversed course. Seeing an opportunity, I gradually increased my position until I realized it would never recover.

That was my first big loss, around €8,000 if I remember correctly—that was over 15 years ago.

After a short break at the time, I subscribed to a Swiss-based stock market advisory service, which allowed me to build a diversified portfolio fairly quickly, focusing on tech and cryptocurrencies. It was then a (short) period of euphoria, with substantial gains that reinforced my belief that the stock market could be a source of income for me. This consulting firm advocated buying stocks or cryptocurrencies without stop orders, arguing that in case of a market reversal, they would immediately ask their (numerous) subscribers to cut their positions.

Then came Covid.

Anxiously awaiting a message from them allowing me to protect my interests (including nearly $80,000 worth of BTC at the time), the prices collapsed without any reaction from me, or them, and all my gains were wiped out in a few weeks, with great culpability and regrets.

This was followed by a period of aimless wandering, searching for free and paid signals, particularly on Telegram.
This proved to be a resounding failure, riddled with scams, the last being a complete drain of my Ledger Cold Wallet via PanCake Swap. I lost over $5,000 in seconds; I was in shock.

Then, wandering aimlessly, searching for a system that would allow me to trade the markets independently, without relying on anyone, I finally discovered Xard Trading System, which immediately captivated me (the creation date of my forex-station account coincides with this discovery).
After losing approximately €15,000 over 15 years without a single profit, I clung to this new hope.

After ups and downs, I persevered despite my setbacks, until the recent arrival of XARD V35, which triggered an unexpected breakthrough.
At the end of 2025, my trading account went from $80 to $1400 in just two or three weeks trading exclusively Gold;
I couldn't believe my eyes.

Then the V36 came out, and it confirmed its effectiveness and its alignment with my preferred trading style: scalping (but not exclusively).
The V42 and V43 were then released, but after a quick test of a few days, I didn't take to this innovative new concept at all.
Instead, I decided to enhance the V36 by adding some elements from the V43, and I quickly realized I had made the right choice.

It was at this point that I shared my experience with GROK to get his opinion, and I must say he really encouraged and advised me.
I still use it to this day. He specifically advised me to change my broker, after I told him about my unpleasant experience with VantageMarkets, where I had some trouble withdrawing my funds.

Following his advice, I then opened an account with FP Markets, deposited €600, and immediately withdrew €300 to verify their reliability.
Everything went smoothly, and I was then able to start trading with the upgraded V36 and this new broker. This was in early February 2026.

I then developed a new strategy: scalping gold with a loss limit set manually at 10% (finger on the Close Position button), relying on TDI, RSI and ADX plus XARD Sytem (GROK advised me to set 20/25 level for ADX, bellow 25 being a grey zone, and bellow 20 being a red zone, a tool often use by experienced scalpers it said).

After a hesitant start with this new environment, I had to replenish my account.
After about two weeks, I had deposited €900 to trade, and when my capital reached €1400, I withdrew €900 from my account.
This freed me from a psychological burden: my trading capital now consisted exclusively of my trading profits.

Of course, I still make a few mistakes, each time linked to failing to follow rules I set for myself, carried away by the euphoria of winning.

The most important thing when this happens is to stop and analyze the reasons for the failure, then follow up with some virtual (mental) trading to see if my market analysis is still valid.

Once this moment of introspection is complete, I can start trading again.

This week (March 7-13, 2026), I made another mistake that could have cost me a lot.
My capital was at €1800 at midday with a nice daily P/L before the Walstreet market opened, and I decided to take another position after three winning trades, without bothering to recheck the trend or other key factors.
Worse, when the market moved in the opposite direction to my prediction, I briefly hoped it would reverse. It didn't.
And when my daily profit/loss reached -49%, I instinctively closed my position at a significant loss.

I then decided to analyze why I had messed up so badly, and it became clear:
I had opened a long position with a clearly bearish M54 on M15 chart. I had no chance.
I stopped trading for the day, and the next day (yesterday, Friday, March 13th) the market was very hesitant, continuing to fall.
I didn't feel confident at all, so I refrained.
It wasn't until late afternoon that I glimpsed a few opportunities. I was then able to scalp very quickly three times and end the week with a daily P/L of 18% and a capital of €800, which allowed me to realize that despite this loss, my strategy is paying off.

What I also learned is to withdraw profits regularly to avoid increasing the psychological burden (and incidentally, to invest them in a savings account and a little in Bitcoin as well).

I developed a personalized trading plan with GROK, so my goal is to gradually reduce my risk level once my capital reaches €5,000, and then progressively increase my position sizes. Money management is the key. For now, with €800, I'm taking positions of 0.4 lots, and once my capital will get over €1,000, I'll set that to 1 lot or less, depending on my intuition at the time. We have defined several steps whild developping my account, i really hope it will work.

I really want to thank XARD777 and his team for their hard work.

SOLESHOE wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2026 6:01 am Ups and Downs, but damn I love scalping with XARD Trading System V36 !

budhi1976 wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2026 4:57 pm Would you care to explain how do you scalp using XARD V36? I am sure it would be beneficial for the community. If you don't mind that is.

Samoth wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2026 9:59 am Where can I find V36? I searched the whole thread but I could not find it

SOLESHOE wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2026 7:13 pm strong observation of market movement, and most of all i keep an eye on TDI and ADX mostly (TDI giving short term trend, and ADX giving direction strength.
ideally, i am first having a quick look at H1, M15 before opening, then i am looking for an alignement of all indicators in M3/M4, then wait for a chirurgical position opening in M1 adding candle clock to other indicators - last moment TDI update is crucial in M1. A recent improvement is that i have subscribed to Autochartist Strategy Newsletter, sent every day before market opening (free service from my broker), this gives my daily main inspiration - here attached today’s gold strategy).

Avoid at all cost choppy market (quick micro ups and downs - eventually step back to M2 and reduce position size), and markets openings. if you feel too much hesitation in price movment - stay out - bears and bulls fight is running, wait for the winner. never trade oposite of RSI direction in M1 or in M3 depending volatility.
if price goes opposite direction of all indicators or if if you notice any incoherence in M1 price movment, kind of erratic, regarding indicators, stay out or step back to M2.
If market conditions are abnormal or if there are too many counter intuitive price movements, stay out ! If you loose 2 consecutive trades, stop trading and ask yourself why those 2 losts.

Never open an M1 trade in opposite direction of M4/M3 trend.
don't stare too long on M1 to avoid taking bad decisions (trader's M1 tunnelling problem). Keep on M2 min to observe price evolution, and switch to M1 only to open or close position.

globally, my sucessful opened position occur with a straight movement, without hesitations, for at least 1 candle. if you enter and the price stops or hesitates soon after starting to move, it is not a good sign of continuation. i often try to guess price directionin M1 even without opening a position.

each opened position failure should be thought about, find the reason, try to find the solution, maybe establishing a new rule for you, and rest for a while, observing market.

I am also receving the Autochartist Strategy briefing before market opening every day, a service proposed by my broker - FP Market).

start small and once confident and mostly profitable, increase risk gradually until account has sufficient margin (my goal as fixed by GROK Money Management discussion) is 5K. For now, i mostly use 1 lot positions (above 1K accoutn, but i started with 0.1 then 0.4).

very important also, as soon as you can, retreive your initial capital to only keep profits in your account.
As explained in my previous post, i started my account with 300€ (600 initial deposit, then immediate 300 retreive to check broker reactivity), then 300 aditionnal deposit later when account level was too low to use 0.4 lot, while adjusting my strategy.
As soon as i reached 1400€, i retreive my inital capital (600 added to initial 300, meaning i had deposit 900 and retreive 900 later, Then 5 to test crypto retreive).
this shows the importance of money management. today i have retreive another 600. all capital retreived is placed on Wise i<(former TransferWise) nterest account.

my positions are mostly 1 or 2 candles avg, with manual control on SL (10% cut) and Profit. if a 3rd candle shows up in same direction in M1, i place a BE SL to preotect my position from brutal reversal, and cut my profit as soon as TDI reverse (depending on movment speed, i can refer to M4 TDI also)

never consider a M1 dot definitive until it has been confirmed in M3 at least (the greater the better)
last rule, when position opened and price seem to be blocked at some point, 2 or 3 times, cut your position.

oneilboy1980 wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2026 7:07 am Hi,

where can I get ADX and XU tdi?

SOLESHOE wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2026 7:54 pm ADX is included with MT5 (see picture attached)