Longest Win vs Loss Streak in 10 EA Backtests: Wins Were Longer in 4; GOLD KING 44 vs 10, GOLD VIPER 43 vs 40
12 November 2026, 01:00
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The MT5 report lists two streaks side by side: the maximum consecutive wins and the maximum consecutive losses, counted in closed trades. A losing streak is the number buyers worry about. We put the two next to each other for the backtests of the EAs we currently list on the Market: 10 tests, one per EA. Which one is longer depends on the win rate in this set: the 4 tests with a win rate above 50% had a longer winning streak than losing streak, and all 6 tests below 50% had the reverse. Everything here is backtest. No forward result is used. Figures are as of 2026-11-12.
The table
Sorted by win rate, lowest first. Streaks are from the MT5 report of the test period shown. Win rate, trades and the maximum relative equity drawdown are the figures we publish for the same EA. The drawdown is the maximum relative one over the whole test, not the larger-amount "Maximal" line of the report.
EA | Backtest period | History quality | Trades | Win rate | Longest winning streak | Longest losing streak | Max relative equity drawdown
AIFW | 2023.01.01–2026.09.01 | 99% | 228 | 30.7% | 4 | 11 | 4.6%
ATLAS | 2019.01.01–2026.06.28 | 100% | 1,193 | 33.2% | 5 | 13 | 26.3%
DONCHIAN ENGINE (free) | 2017.01.01–2026.06.01 | 100% real ticks | 631 | 34.5% | 5 | 11 | 10.8%
MEGAMAX DONCHIAN | 2017.01.01–2026.06.01 | 100% | 629 | 34.98% | 5 | 11 | 58.6%
ETHEREUM EA | 2019.01.01–2026.06.28 | 100% real ticks | 154 | 38.3% | 4 | 12 | 17.1%
BITCOIN COMET | 2018.01.01–2025.12.31 | 98% | 775 | 40.1% | 8 | 10 | 31.2%
GOLD VIPER | 2019.01.01–2026.09.01 | 8% real ticks | 10,340 | 56.4% | 43 | 40 | 30.3%
GOLD TRIPWIRE | 2020.01.01–2026.10.14 | 11% real ticks | 2,762 | 66.4% | 31 | 9 | 19.0%
GOLD NEURON | 2004.01.01–2026.09.01 | 100% real ticks | 12,046 | 74.48% | 38 | 14 | 69.6%
GOLD KING v6 | 2019.01.01–2026.06.01 | 5% real ticks | 2,827 | 83.1% | 44 | 10 | 91.3%
The split falls at a 50% win rate
The 6 tests with a win rate from 30.7% to 40.1% had winning streaks of 4 to 8 trades and losing streaks of 10 to 13. The 4 tests from 56.4% to 83.1% had winning streaks of 31 to 44 trades and losing streaks of 9 to 40. GOLD KING v6 has the largest gap: 44 wins in a row against 10 losses in a row.
The closest pair is also the longest losing streak
GOLD VIPER (56.4% win rate, 10,340 trades) had 43 wins in a row and 40 losses in a row. Its losing streak of 40 is the longest of the ten tests, even though its win rate is above 50%. Next to it, GOLD TRIPWIRE (66.4%) had 31 wins against 9 losses, and its streak of 9 is the shortest losing streak in the table.
A long winning streak does not come with a shallow drawdown
The three longest winning streaks, 44, 43 and 38, belong to GOLD KING v6, GOLD VIPER and GOLD NEURON. Their maximum relative equity drawdowns are 91.3%, 30.3% and 69.6%. GOLD TRIPWIRE, 31 wins in a row, shows 19.0%. The streak is a count of trades. It says nothing about how much one losing trade costs, so the two columns should be read together.
A likely reason
In an EA that closes many positions together, one bad or one good episode can show up in the report as a long run of trades in the same direction. So a streak of 44 can be a few episodes and not 44 separate decisions. This is our reading. The summary we keep does not list the individual trades, and we have not verified it trade by trade.
Limits of this table
- TRINITY is left out: the report details (streaks) are not retrieved for it yet.
- These are EAs we chose to keep listed, so this is a survivor set.
- The tests differ in symbol, timeframe, period, length, tick model and risk setting. The history quality column matters: GOLD KING v6, GOLD VIPER and GOLD TRIPWIRE ran on 5% to 11% real ticks. The row order is not a ranking.
- All of it is historical simulation. None of these rows is a live record.
For buyers
- With a win rate below 50% in this set, expect the losing streak to be the longer one: 10 to 13 trades in a row. Size each trade with a run like that in mind.
- With a win rate above 50%, do not read a long winning streak as safety. Look at the losing streak and the maximum relative equity drawdown in the same report.
- Read both lines of your own test before you buy.
The two EAs discussed most in this article: GOLD KING https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/180879 · GOLD VIPER https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/182297
Our published backtests state period, balance and settings, and our forward accounts are labelled as demo accounts wherever we show them. The full list: fxea365.com/ea/ranking
