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So my name is Christoper. I am from Scotland. I have recently started trying to design an EA to get off a building site. I am an engineer so trying to adapt that and to a different part of life get me off this building site I have recently created a EA that has 1.79 profit factor a drawdown of 0.40% and just looking for some more advice on where to go from here All near to me that so any advice would be much appreciated thank you
 
Christoper Mckeown:
So my name is Christoper. I am from Scotland. I have recently started trying to design an EA to get off a building site. I am an engineer so trying to adapt that and to a different part of life get me off this building site I have recently created a EA that has 1.79 profit factor a drawdown of 0.40% and just looking for some more advice on where to go from here All near to me that so any advice would be much appreciated thank you
If those are the worst statistics that your EA generated, you're doing quite well already.
 
Ryan L Johnson #:
If those are the worst statistics that your EA generated, you're doing quite well already.
Thanks much appreciated. I don’t know if I’m going up or down. All I know is I’m trying to look for my graph to keep going up LOL all new to me engine engineering background but not this type of engine engineering trying to get out the building site as I said any advice would mean the world where are you from Ray? 
 
Ryan L Johnson #:
If those are the worst statistics that your EA generated, you're doing quite well already.
Thanks pal much appreciated the sort I’ve been testing All six months. This is the problem I’ve been getting drawn down of 0.40 profit factor of 1.79 but the profit net profit is not that high. It’s only like £200. Am I doing something wrong? Like I said I’m muted as I’ve never called it. I’ve never done anything like this before dyslexic never picked up a computer computer. I’m just using my engineering background maths.
 
Christoper Mckeown #:
Thanks pal much appreciated the sort I’ve been testing All six months. This is the problem I’ve been getting drawn down of 0.40 profit factor of 1.79 but the profit net profit is not that high. It’s only like £200. Am I doing something wrong? Like I said I’m muted as I’ve never called it. I’ve never done anything like this before dyslexic never picked up a computer computer. I’m just using my engineering background maths.
next step is to put it on to demo or a cent account with funds you dont care if you win or lose. And then detect any issues that you have not detected in backtesting, which i guarantee that there will be plenty of -- and log them and search for ways to either avoid or to manage those events.
 
I have just ran it on a back test for three years back to back 2023 to 2004 2024 2005 to 2025 to 2006 and I got consistent results one year out of them drop slightly to 1.3 in profit factor the rest say that 1.79 with a drawdown of 0.40 but my profit my neck profit was only £200 so again I’m still learning any advice anyone thank you so much
 
Christopher McKeown # : Üç yıl üst üste (2023-2004, 2024, 2005-2025-2006) geriye dönük test yaptım ve sınav sonuçları aldım. Bir hızda kar faktöründe hafif bir düşüşle 1,3'e geriledi, diğer yıllarda ise 0,40'lık bir düşüşle 1,79'a ulaştı. Ancak karım, en fazla 200 £ oldu. Yani hala öğreniyorum, herhangi bir tavsiyeniz varsa çok teşekkür ederim.

"Hi Christopher,

Great job on maintaining such a low drawdown (0.40%), but a Profit Factor of 1.79 with only £200 profit over 3 years suggests your strategy might be a bit too conservative or your entry filters are filtering out too many high-probability moves.

I’ve been working on a similar 'Sweep & Mean Reversion' logic specifically for XAUUSD (Gold), and I found that by optimizing the Standard Deviation (Bollinger Bands) and using a dynamic ATR-based Exit, you can significantly increase the yield without blowing up the drawdown.

For instance, on my recent 2026 Q1 tests (Jan-March):

  • January: 11.79 Profit Factor with a 96% Win-Rate.

  • Feb & March: Consistent 100% Win-Rate with zero Drawdown.

My advice would be:

  1. Check your Volatility Filter: If your profit is that low, you might be missing the 'meat' of the move. Try adjusting your TP multipliers based on current ATR.

  2. Liquidity Sweeps: Instead of just fixed entries, look for liquidity grabs (Sweeps) before the reversal. This is what pushed my equity curve vertically in March.

Keep testing, you have a solid foundation!"

 
Christoper Mckeown #:
I have just ran it on a back test for three years back to back 2023 to 2004 2024 2005 to 2025 to 2006 and I got consistent results one year out of them drop slightly to 1.3 in profit factor the rest say that 1.79 with a drawdown of 0.40 but my profit my neck profit was only £200 so again I’m still learning any advice anyone thank you so much

Discussing profit in currency units is a bit meaningless without knowing the amount of your starting capital. I don't recommend altering your strategy just to make it trade more often. FOMO is a killer.

I get the sense that you have something good, as-is. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. The sensible thing to do is save up more capital and put it behind your strategy. In this way, your strategy's stats remain unchanged.

 
Christoper Mckeown #:
I have just ran it on a back test for three years back to back 2023 to 2004 2024 2005 to 2025 to 2006 and I got consistent results one year out of them drop slightly to 1.3 in profit factor the rest say that 1.79 with a drawdown of 0.40 but my profit my neck profit was only £200 so again I’m still learning any advice anyone thank you so much
sounds great. question... how many trades? in a month, year?
 
Michael Charles Schefe #:
sounds great. question... how many trades? in a month, year?
My treat have been running about 185 a year
But now I seem to run arrived on a demo last week. I seem to not be making any trades. I think I’ve built it too safe. I think one of my filters in I think it’s blocking the trades now.
 
Christoper Mckeown #:
My treat have been running about 185 a year
But now I seem to run arrived on a demo last week. I seem to not be making any trades. I think I’ve built it too safe. I think one of my filters in I think it’s blocking the trades now.
Keep in mind that the markets are in whipsawed chaos at the moment. Filtering out the current mess would be good.
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