Trend alignment across three timeframes

Quantum Trend EA is a MetaTrader 5 Expert Advisor that trades in the direction agreed by three timeframes. The daily chart sets the regime, the H4 chart confirms that the current swing is moving with that regime, and the H1 chart provides the entry timing. When the three disagree, Quantum does nothing. This alignment rule means fewer trades than a single-timeframe system, but the trades it does take have the larger structure behind them.

Regime, swing and trigger

The daily regime is derived from the slope and separation of two long-period moving averages combined with a closing-price position test against a volatility envelope. The H4 swing filter checks that the most recent completed swing made a higher high in an uptrend or a lower low in a downtrend. The H1 trigger is a close beyond a short consolidation after a pullback toward the H4 moving average. Stops are placed under or over the consolidation with an ATR buffer. Quantum can hold a maximum of one position per symbol and will not add to a position once it is open.

Scaling out at structure

Rather than a single target, Quantum exits in two parts. Half the position closes at the nearest H4 swing level ahead of price, and the remaining half runs with a trailing stop that steps behind completed H1 swings. If the daily regime flips while a trade is open, the remaining position is closed at the next H1 close rather than waiting for the trailing stop. This keeps a reversal on the highest timeframe from turning a winner into a large loser.

Instrument presets

Quantum ships with presets for EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY and XAUUSD. Each preset sets the moving-average lengths, ATR buffers and consolidation size in a way that matches that instrument's typical daily range, and each was tested independently. The gold preset uses wider buffers and a lower risk percentage by default. You can run all four on one account from four charts; each chart uses its own magic number, and a shared account-level daily loss limit stops every instance when reached.

What is in the download

The archive holds the compiled .ex5, four instrument presets, the strategy tester configuration for the sample backtests, and a PDF guide. The guide includes a section on running Quantum during the tester's forward-test mode so you can compare optimisation and forward periods yourself before trusting any parameter set.

Setting expectations

Multi-timeframe trend systems have long quiet stretches and depend on a few extended moves per year for most of their result. The sample backtest below covers 2021 to 2025 across all four instruments combined and shows a win rate under fifty percent with a positive average trade, which is the normal profile for this approach. Those figures come from the strategy tester, are labelled as sample data, and are not a projection of what your account will do.

• MetaTrader 5 build 4410 or later; works on netting and hedging accounts.
• Any of EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY or XAUUSD with spreads typical of an ECN account.
• Minimum recommended balance: USD 1,000 when running all four presets at the default 0.75 percent risk per trade.
• Terminal running continuously; a VPS is recommended.
• At least 400 bars of daily history downloaded for each traded symbol so the regime filter can initialise.

1. Download and extract the archive from your account downloads page.
2. In MetaTrader 5 open File > Open Data Folder and copy QuantumTrendEA.ex5 into MQL5/Experts.
3. Copy the four .set files into MQL5/Presets.
4. Restart the terminal so the expert appears in the Navigator.
5. Enable Algo Trading on the toolbar and allow automated trading in Tools > Options > Expert Advisors.
6. Open an H1 chart for each instrument you want to trade and drag QuantumTrendEA onto it, ticking Allow Algo Trading.
7. Load the matching instrument preset on each chart, enter your license email and, if running several charts, the same shared daily loss limit on each.
8. Wait for the panel to show "Regime ready" on every chart; this can take a minute while daily history loads.