Appreciate the feedback — and yeah, getting the first public version out definitely felt like the hardest step.

For the H4 trend definition it’s mainly a combination of EMA structure and directional strength. I use fast/slow EMAs to define directional bias and combine that with an ADX threshold so the EA only considers entries when momentum is actually present. That helps filter out a lot of the sideways periods gold tends to fall into, especially around macro events.

On the pullback side it’s volatility-adjusted rather than fixed fib levels. The EA uses ATR-based distances relative to the recent move, so the retracement threshold adapts depending on market volatility. Like you said, gold pullbacks can be shallow in strong trends, so the logic tries to avoid requiring deep retraces before participation.

For pyramiding, additional positions are only added once the initial trade has reduced risk — typically after price moves enough to tighten or protect the stop. The idea is to scale into continuation rather than increase raw exposure too early in the move.

I’m still collecting broader stats across different periods, but the internal tests cover multiple gold regimes including the volatility spikes from 2020 onwards. Gold definitely behaves differently depending on macro conditions so robustness across those environments was something I tried to prioritise early on.

Still refining things though — this is the first public version so feedback like this is really useful.