Which market condition is the hardest for your EA to handle?

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  • 6% (1)
  • 12% (2)
  • 25% (4)
Total voters: 16
 
The answer is "Sideways markets"
That's where most EAs get exposed badly
In trending markets almost every bot looks like a genius. But when price starts chopping around with fake breakouts and no real direction, that’s when you see which EA actually has solid logic and which one is just overfit garbage.

High volatility and news can be dangerous too, but sideways markets slowly kill weak systems over time.
 
Alex Holloway #:
The answer is "Sideways markets"
That's where most EAs get exposed badly
In trending markets almost every bot looks like a genius. But when price starts chopping around with fake breakouts and no real direction, that’s when you see which EA actually has solid logic and which one is just overfit garbage.

High volatility and news can be dangerous too, but sideways markets slowly kill weak systems over time.
Yeah i agreed you
 
I have to admit, I had some difficulty deciding between sideways and low volatility. As a Renko trader, I ended up voting for low volatility because sideways seldom appears.
 
Ryan L Johnson #:
I have to admit, I had some difficulty deciding between sideways and low volatility. As a Renko trader, I ended up voting for low volatility because sideways seldom appears.
Low volatility is more like a sub category / problem inside sideways conditions, not the main answer itself.

But usually low volatility and sideways markets go together anyway. The real problem is lack of clean directional movement.
 
Alex Holloway #:
Low volatility is more like a sub category / problem inside sideways conditions, not the main answer itself.

But usually low volatility and sideways markets go together anyway. The real problem is lack of clean directional movement.
Yeah, as I alluded... Renko bricks don't print unless price moves N pips, so low volatility is all that I see. If you care to load up a 250 pip Renko chart of the Fiber (be prepared to be bored), that shows it pretty clearly. 
 
Alex Holloway #:
The answer is "Sideways markets"
That's where most EAs get exposed badly
In trending markets almost every bot looks like a genius. But when price starts chopping around with fake breakouts and no real direction, that’s when you see which EA actually has solid logic and which one is just overfit garbage.

High volatility and news can be dangerous too, but sideways markets slowly kill weak systems over time.

To mitigate this, I usually use volatility analysis (like ATR or Bollinger width) to detect ranging markets and pause the EA. How do you handle it?"
 
Ryan L Johnson #:
Yeah, as I alluded... Renko bricks don't print unless price moves N pips, so low volatility is all that I see. If you care to load up a 250 pip Renko chart of the Fiber (be prepared to be bored), that shows it pretty clearly. 
Sounds interesting, is there a topic or something in MQL5 to learn renko bricks?
 
Isaac Uriel Arenas Caldera #:
Sounds interesting, is there a topic or something in MQL5 to learn renko bricks?

The following thread might interest you. Another generous coder made a free Renko custom chart generator EA. I've posted it multiple times but it keeps disappearing, so I'll Message it to you.

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Renko bricks ─ your opinion?

Ryan L Johnson, 2026.03.26 20:21

For those of us interested in positional LFT, here's a Heiken Ashi indicator applied to a wick'ed 200 pip GBPJPY Renko chart.

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