EA monitoring: is your EA still the one we audited?
One report on an EA you bought: has its version, cost or risk drifted past an agreed limit since the audit?
Why an EA drifts after you buy it
- Vendors update. On 27 August 2026 our archive already held 376 version entries across 24 catalog products (what the changelogs claim). One update can change the strategy you paid for.
- Sales pages move. Within twelve days, 11 product descriptions in our catalog were rewritten 24 times (details).
- Your broker is not our test. Commission and swap on your account differ from the cost model of the audit.
- Risk creeps. More positions at once and deeper falls than in the backtest only show on the live account.
A real report: The Gold Reaper MT5 live against its audit
This sample reads MQL5 signal 2287007, a customer account the vendor cites as a live result, captured on 2026-09-12, as if it were your account: 2,246 trades from 2025.02.04 to 2026.09.10, checked against our audit of The Gold Reaper MT5.
| Check | Live account | Audit or limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version and settings: Not measured | |||
| Running version | n/a | 4.6 | Not measured · a public signal does not show what is installed |
| Settings file fingerprint | n/a | n/a | Not measured · a public signal does not show what is installed |
| Costs: OK | |||
| Commission per lot and side (USD) | 2.249 | 3.5 | OK |
| Swap per overnight lot (USD) | 1.317 | n/a | Not measured · the audit records swap totals, not a rate per night |
| Spread | n/a | n/a | Not measured · a trade history holds fill prices, not quotes |
| Risk against your limits: Alert | |||
| Account drawdown from the high, closed trades (%) | 63.7 | 20 | Alert · closed positions only; the true low was deeper |
| Most positions open at once | 21 | 8 | Alert |
| Floating loss of open positions | n/a | n/a | Not measured · needs read-only investor access, not a trade history |
| Behaviour against the audit: Watch | |||
| Trades per active day | 6.187 | in the audit | Watch |
| Share of entries added to an open position | 0.683 | in the audit | OK |
| Share of trades held overnight | 0.079 | in the audit | Watch |
Four areas, each checked against the audit
| Area | Question it answers |
|---|---|
| Version and settings | Is the running version the one we audited, with the settings you approved? Compared when you name the version and attach the .set file in your reply to the order email. |
| Costs | Does the commission on your broker exceed the cost model of the audit? Swap is shown per lot; spread cannot be read from a trade history. |
| Risk | Did the drawdown or the number of open positions pass the limits you set? |
| Behaviour | Does the EA trade more often, add to open positions or hold overnight more than in the audit? |
How it works
- Order one report below.
- Reply to the confirmation email with your MT5 trade history report (Toolbox, History tab, right click, Report), the EA version you run and its .set file. We agree purpose, limits, retention and deletion with you first.
- You receive the report card by email. Your account number and name are removed on intake and never appear in it.
Privacy before the start
You send an MT5 report or grant read-only investor access. Login details never appear in a report. Purpose, retention period and deletion are agreed before the first measurement.
One report, one payment
49 USD covers exactly one monitoring report. There is no subscription and no other price tier. The pilot closes automatically after the third paid order. Your place is held for two hours at checkout; after that it can go to the next buyer.
Monitoring needs an EA we have audited: its catalog audit is the baseline every report compares against. Check the catalog before you order; if your EA is not there, request a catalog audit (free) first. An audit of your own uploaded report does not serve as this baseline.
Clear limits
Monitoring is not investment advice, not a signal and no promise of profit. It assesses the data you supply for the agreed period.