What strategy actually works?

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Guys, I have been trading since 2011, I have tried nearly 2000 strategies, I have build almost 2000 Eas and indicators, on this olatform and on other platform, but I have not really found what works, what actually works? and does such a thing exists? 
 
There are a lot of strategies that actually "works" even if this word is meaningless. 

Personally I can suggest to stay away from mainstream informations and strategies. As often occurs, when some information are spread everywhere, their validity starts to fall.

Watch chart and live markets and try to understand logics instead of spending your time in coding 2000 different indicators. You will never find the holy grail that will make your rich, neither when you will have reached 10k indicators tested. All (few) valid strategies I found were born after concepts understanding and analysis, not testing random indicators and rules.

Let yourself be inspired by people that are profitable already and can prove it. Be also very critical in understanding this, search for real information about profitability (for example not trust people that say to you that they are making millions trading 2 moving average crossover on prop firm account).
 
Lucky Minayo:
Guys, I have been trading since 2011, I have tried nearly 2000 strategies, I have build almost 2000 Eas and indicators, on this olatform and on other platform, but I have not really found what works, what actually works? and does such a thing exists? 

Wow. This is rather unusual. You're 14 years in, going full thermonuclear obsessive, and still doing battle. The average trader would've given up by now.

Do yourself a favor and take about a 3 week break from coding. Then get back to basics, so to speak. You need to get to a point where you can clearly see repeating price runs on a chart. Think large Renko bricks or large range bars, and GBPJPY or Gold/XAUUSD for the best volatility to spread ratios. Run through the Fibonacci Sequence numbers to determine your Renko brick/range bar setting, e.g., 55 pips, 89 pips, etc. Once you see those price runs consistently appearing over time, attach some simple indicators to your chart--nothing really clever. Whichever indicators you choose, pay microscopic attention to the slope (up versus down--not angle), levels, values, and relative positions of each indicator. Next, determine where your entries and exits should be. Before returning to coding, you can manually record P/L statistics simply by counting bricks and multiplying by one brick's monetary value. This should get you on your way.

 
Fabio Cavalloni #:
There are a lot of strategies that actually "works" even if this word is meaningless. 

Personally I can suggest to stay away from mainstream informations and strategies. As often occurs, when some information are spread everywhere, their validity starts to fall.

Watch chart and live markets and try to understand logics instead of spending your time in coding 2000 different indicators. You will never find the holy grail that will make your rich, neither when you will have reached 10k indicators tested. All (few) valid strategies I found were born after concepts understanding and analysis, not testing random indicators and rules.

Let yourself be inspired by people that are profitable already and can prove it. Be also very critical in understanding this, search for real information about profitability (for example not trust people that say to you that they are making millions trading 2 moving average crossover on prop firm account).
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Lucky Minayo:
Guys, I have been trading since 2011, I have tried nearly 2000 strategies, I have build almost 2000 Eas and indicators, on this olatform and on other platform, but I have not really found what works, what actually works? and does such a thing exists? 

Knowing that every trading strategy will give losses...the logical answer is that a strategy with meticulous risk management is the one that works. Some are more high risk than others, some have higher drawdown than others...

Fabio Valentini is recognized as one of the top scalpers in the trading world today. If you watch any of his videos, the first thing he literally starts talking about his is risk management. He did a live trading video, and he lost 850 USD while showing zero emotion...he made it all back in the next trade

 
Lucky Minayo:
Guys, I have been trading since 2011, I have tried nearly 2000 strategies, I have build almost 2000 Eas and indicators, on this olatform and on other platform, but I have not really found what works, what actually works? and does such a thing exists? 

It took me over 13 years to discover a core "engine" that can actually hold up over time. I’ve written thousands of strategies in different languages and platforms. But even after I found something solid, I realized the biggest challenge wasn’t technical — it was psychological. It took even longer to remove greed and build proper risk management: controlled leverage, dynamic capital protection, and strict rules.

My strategy has been backtested since 2008 with no deposits added, no overfitting, and now it’s been running live for over a year and a half. I’ve even compared the new backtest to the live performance, and yes — I believe such a thing does exist.

But here’s the hard part:
Building a working EA is one thing.
Scaling it by attracting capital is something completely different.

Someone on Reddit recently said, "Making money in the markets and convincing people to trust you with millions are two different skills."
And they’re right.

You can have a good system.
Getting others to believe in it — that’s the next battle.

 
Ioannis Christopoulos #:
Someone on Reddit recently said, "Making money in the markets and convincing people to trust you with millions are two different skills."
And they’re right.

Your post is epic.

I have cleared step 1, but my online marketing skills could fit on the head of a pin.

 
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The strategy of money management and discipline and patience and not doing what 95 percent of what people do . The Universal of what you are supposed to do  is a design for you to fail .  EA's should be deployed for what they are designed to do , you should have an Arsenal and know which works best when .But the real truth is manual trading is the winner . 
 
Lucky Minayo:
Guys, I have been trading since 2011, I have tried nearly 2000 strategies, I have build almost 2000 Eas and indicators, on this olatform and on other platform, but I have not really found what works, what actually works? and does such a thing exists? 

You seem to be looking for something that work 100% of the time you place the trade. I can't believe after 13 years you still can't realize a simple fact in trading no strategy is perfect. there must pro and con that's why risk management come into place. 

 

If you've tried 2,000 strategies and EA's then this seems like either A) you're testing wrong or B) your expectations don't line up with reality.

A) Are you using good data, have you selected "tick data from actual ticks" and not "tick data"?

B) What are you expecting here, something that prints money day in and day out? If that's the case, seriously, go sell something. Find a product to re-sell, make something, etc. as trading is not your thing.

But if you test 2,000 EA's then there's very little chance none are profitable. Some of those will make money, but keep in mind profitable and what you want are likely two different things. If you want 50% win rate with 1:10 Risk:Reward then you'll be looking forever.

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