Lizard is an XAUUSD Expert Advisor built around six concurrent swing-breakout strategies on the hourly chart. The publisher describes pending stop entries around structural highs and lows, with separate risk weights, identifiers and exit settings for each component. Its balance-dependent strategy activation is particularly important: increasing an account balance can change which components run, so performance before and after that change may describe different portfolio behaviour.
The description divides activity into zones: one group runs up to a stated $1,000 balance boundary, and another group becomes available above it. Before comparing accounts, record both the risk preset and the enabled group. A deposit can alter the active mix even if no obvious input was changed. Review each strategy’s magic number to relate trades to the correct component, then inspect combined Gold volume during periods when several structural levels break together.
Pending entries and layered exits
The publisher describes initial protective stops and targets followed by break-even, trailing and software-managed exit functions. A pending order is not yet a position, but it represents potential exposure. Include all triggerable orders when considering what could happen during a sharp move. Check whether daily-close cleanup removes the intended pending instructions and how broker-visible stops interact with virtual exits. Terminal continuity matters for software-managed actions even when some protective orders already exist at the broker.
Historical hour filters need forward observation
Lizard uses time filtering derived from historical profitability and a filter around US employment news. A historically weak hour can later behave differently, and an excluded hour can affect how representative an account sample is. Keep the broker-time conversion and filter version in the test record. Review losses within the accepted windows as carefully as the rejected periods. The daily-loss setting is another control to inspect directly: establish its reset time and treatment of floating positions before relying on it.
Before installation
Settings and setup requirements
These notes summarize the publisher material reviewed for Lizard EA. Check the original manual and current release before configuring an account.
Chart
One XAUUSD H1 chart
Publisher requirements
Hedging account; 250 USD minimum; ECN/RAW and continuous hosting recommended
Portfolio
Six strategy components with separate identifiers and risk weights
Publisher price at review
499 USD. Confirm current purchase and rental terms on MQL5.
Source evidence
Signals, profit and drawdown
The figures below are a dated snapshot from the first account linked by the publisher. They describe that source account, not an independently controlled test of this product or a YO4X result. Check its full history, deposits, withdrawals and current settings before comparing performance.
Dated publisher-linked MQL5 account snapshot · Source labels this a real account · Checked 2026-09-17. The first recorded linked source is used consistently, not selected by return.
Public-page screenshot captured 17 September 2026. Open the original account for its latest statistics and warnings. The image and numerical snapshot can reflect different capture times; neither is a YO4X account result.
What to assess before choosing Lizard EA
Record the active balance zone in every comparison.
Inspect potential exposure from pending orders as well as open positions.
Distinguish software-managed exits from protective orders already held by the broker.
Third-party product research, not YO4X trading results. Past results do not establish future returns.
Publisher material
Lizard EA images
Original publisher material. Embedded figures may describe a simulation or an earlier account snapshot; this is not a YO4X result.Original source ↗
Try before choosing
Lizard EA: tester demo and licence options
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For Lizard EA, use the setup notes above to identify what the tester can demonstrate and what still requires a supported account, data source or publisher guidance. Read MQL5’s product-testing rules ↗
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A free full-product licence is not confirmed here for Lizard EA. Check the publisher’s current purchase, rental or tester options on MQL5. YO4X does not distribute the publisher’s EX5 file from this page.
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The publisher describes balance-based activation of strategy zones. A balance change can therefore affect which components operate. Keep that event in your performance notes and compare the same active group before attributing a change in trade frequency to market conditions alone.
Does every position have the same exit logic?
The description gives each strategy its own stop, target and trailing configuration. Review trades at component level as well as account level. A combined result can hide one component’s longer holding periods or larger losses behind another component’s frequent small wins.
Sources and editorial notes
Source review: 17 September 2026. This guide draws on the official product listing and 1 publisher-linked account reference. A link does not mean we have reviewed the file contents. Where reviewed, the guide summarizes them with attribution.
YO4X Research is the site’s editorial attribution, not a certification or a named independent tester. We have not installed or forward-tested this product for this guide. Publisher claims, screenshots and source-account statistics do not establish that the current version reproduces those results. Artwork belongs to its original publisher.
