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Practical notes on trading gold (XAUUSD) on MetaTrader 5 within prop-firm style rules

Short, practical articles about the rules and mechanics around trading gold on MetaTrader 5: how daily limits are counted, what to check on a prop-firm account, and how the tools in Spectar FX Gold work. No market calls, no signals, no promises.

Daily loss limit and broker server midnight: when does your trading day really start?

3 October 2026 · 6 min

Most daily loss rules reset at midnight — but whose midnight? Why the broker server clock in your MetaTrader 5 decides when the trading day starts, three common traps, and how Spectar FX Gold counts the day of your daily limits.

Trading gold on a prop-firm account with an MT5 tool: what to check first

3 October 2026 · 6 min

A checklist before the first trade on a challenge or funded account: whether automation is allowed, how the loss limits are measured, news and weekend rules, the gold symbol name and contract size, and the technical setup in MetaTrader 5.

The Lot Panel: change the size of an open MT5 position with one click

3 October 2026 · 5 min

How the Lot Panel adds to or partly closes your open position with one click, how the manual hedge works, what to watch for on a prop-firm account, and which plans include it.

Running two prop-firm accounts on MetaTrader 5: a practical guide

3 October 2026 · 6 min

Two firms, two rule books, two terminals and two server clocks: how to set up gold on two MetaTrader 5 accounts at once, and how the additional MT5 account add-on works.

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Not financial advice. Trading involves risk. Trading leveraged CFDs such as gold (XAUUSD) carries a high risk of losing your entire capital. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Spectar FX Gold is a tool: the trading rules run on our server within numbers you set yourself; we set no number for you, recommend none and do not assess whether trading is suitable for you. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or a partner of any proprietary trading firm or broker; names of firms are used only to describe common rules.