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Position sizing translates a trading idea into an exposure that an account can support. A forecast can be directionally correct and still produce an unacceptable loss if the position is too large, financing is overlooked, or several trades depend on the same currency move...
View the accompanying illustration: EA validation workflow An attractive equity curve is the beginning of an EA investigation, not evidence that a trading system is ready for deployment...
View the accompanying illustration: FX options analysis framework FX options reveal the price of uncertainty, but they do not provide a ready-made forecast of spot direction...
View the accompanying illustration: FX carry return and risk framework A positive interest-rate differential is a source of potential carry, not a complete investment thesis. An unhedged currency position combines exchange-rate exposure, financing cash flows and implementation costs...
This is the full user manual for Holy Cow, the XAUUSD Expert Advisor for MetaTrader 5 that sits out the early part of a move and trades only the stretched end of it. It is a free PDF, attached at the end of this post and updated with each new version of the EA...
This is the full user manual for Cash Cow Cent, the XAUUSD grid Expert Advisor for cent accounts on MetaTrader 5. It is a free PDF, attached at the end of this post and updated with each new version of the EA...
GoldDragon · XAUUSD M5 · Honest progress report It has been one week since I deployed the new version of the code. To be honest, this week has been a struggle. But one week is far too short to judge this strategy. It should be evaluated over at least one full month...
Even a well-planned prop challenge can be derailed by one bad trading day — a revenge trade after a stop-out, a position sized too large before the news, or a loss that quietly crosses the daily limit while you are still watching the chart...
Hi everyone, I’m really glad to finally share Scalper Inside PRO 9.0 with you. It is a major step forward for our favorite MT4 indicator, with refinements to signal generation, more reliable calculations, improvements to the built-in optimizer, and many internal updates...
Moving Average Crossover Strategy: How to Trade Crossovers for Better Forex Entries The moving average crossover strategy is one of the most popular trend-following methods used by forex and financial market traders...
By Cree Lawson A profit factor of 5 will get my attention. So will 8, or 12. But before I get excited about the number, I want to see what produced it. How many trades? How many losses? What happened to the account's equity while those trades were open...
My funded account hit every target without a single rule violation. The day I requested the payout, the compliance team wrote back: my account had been accessed from three countries in a short period, and I had to prove that I had not shared it or used it from abroad...
An attractive historical curve is a starting point for questions. The next useful question is whether the settings chosen during development still behave sensibly on a later period that did not influence their selection. That is the purpose of an out-of-sample check...
Why I test gold EAs from 2022 – what short backtests don't show you A beautiful curve is not proof A gold EA that shows a perfect equity curve from 2024 onwards has proven very little...
“Better performance with better instruments.” – Peter Ewers, classically trained musician 1. Welcome to GBO GBO trades gold (XAUUSD) like a well-rehearsed orchestra. Several independent breakout strategies play together: some react to short-term movements, others patiently follow multi-day trends...
Get Gold Trend Matrix EA for FREE ! Fully automated XAUUSD trading Gold is not only one of the most attractive markets. It can also destroy a trading account. It rewards discipline generously and punishes mistakes without mercy...
AW Recovery EA brings a losing position out of drawdown. The EA locks the position so that the loss stops growing, and then closes it part by part with the profit of small extra trades...
AW Recovery EA recovers a losing position part by part: it locks the position, opens averaging orders and uses their profit to close the losing orders in small parts. This article describes every input of version 4...
