Quantum Athena X Review
Gold EA by Bogdan Ion Puscasu with six strategies and a “Custom Mode”, successor of Quantum Athena, withdrawn in July 2026. The continued signal shows 36.8% equity drawdown instead of the advertised 9.4% and 95% long trades — a one-sided bet no gold downturn has tested. Grid without martingale, but the risk claim is refuted: yellow, narrowly.
AlgoVerdict score
Weighted from 6 criteria — weighting in percent.
- Strategy risk25%
- 2.4
- Live track record25%
- 3.4
- Transparency15%
- 2.6
- Value for money15%
- 3.2
- Usability10%
- 3.6
- Broker independence10%
- 3.4
- Strategy
- grid, trend-following
- Market
- XAUUSD
- Platform
- MT5
- Price
- ab 599,99 $
- Vendor
- Bogdan Ion Puscasu
- Source
- MQL5-Market
- Public track
- +1.617 % · max drawdown -36,8 % · 385 days (MQL5-Signal (Real))
- Vendor's public real account, read by us (+1.617 %, max drawdown -36,8 %)
- Long track — longest account over 385 days
- Elevated floating loss (up to 36.8 %) — only run with a buffer
- Grid/martingale: calm curve, but tail risk on a trend break
- Vendor setting only — set your own risk cap
What Quantum Athena X is
Quantum Athena X by Bogdan Ion Puscasu is a grid, trend-following EA on XAUUSD (MT5), sold via MQL5-Market. We classify it independently — by strategy risk, verified live track, transparency and value, not by vendor promises.
Live results & track record
Das Signal 2348372 (IC Markets, Real) lief als „Quantum Athena“ an und wird für Athena X weitergeführt: 55 Wochen, 812 Trades, +1.617 % — aber 36,8 % Drawdown nach Equity (nach Balance nur 5,2 %) gegen 9,4 % Vendor-Angabe, und 94,7 % der Trades sind Long. Athena selbst wurde nach drei Monaten aus dem Market genommen (nicht mehr kaufbar). The vendor runs one public account for it (385 days), which we read ourselves — the account type (real or demo) is in the table below. Its most telling account shows +1.617 % at a maximum floating loss of -36,8 % (IC Markets). That is real money, not a polished backtest.
Strategy & risk
The grid, trend-following approach sets the risk profile. Grid/martingale systems often show a suspiciously straight equity curve — losses are absorbed by averaging in until one trend blows up the basket. A too-smooth curve here is a warning sign, not a seal of quality. The measured floating loss of up to 36.8 % underlines that — only run with a buffer. On MQL5 you buy the vendor setting — a hard risk cap (parameters or an external drawdown guard) is on you to set.
Cost & usability
On MQL5 the EA costs ab 599,99 $. You buy the vendor version without calibration — risk cap, broker choice and setfile are on you.
Who it is (not) for
Suitable for traders who accept a documented live track and run the EA with their own hard risk cap and budget it as *one* building block. Not suitable for small accounts without a buffer, given the floating loss of up to 36.8 %, or for anyone who mistakes a smooth backtest curve for a guarantee.
Verdict
Quantum Athena X lands at 3.0/5 — with reservations. The verified ATS live track is the strongest argument.
Vendor’s public accounts
Accounts the vendor publicly links himself (Myfxbook or MQL5 signal) and that we read ourselves on the reference date — not his marketing figures. The "Account" column says whether it is real money or a demo account. For Myfxbook accounts the floating-loss column shows the platform’s maximum drawdown.
| Account | Gain | Avg mo. | PF | Max floating loss | Age | Trades | Broker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQL5-Signal 2348372 (Real, seit 08/2025 — begann als „Quantum Athena“) | +1.617 % | — | — | -36,8 % | 385d | 812 | IC Markets |