Dear all, I've sized down this signal provider account balance down to approximately $7,500. This is due to MQL5's signal copy system not offering a direct risk multiplier. At the previous (larger) balance, this meant signal followers required a similarly large account to get accurate lot sizing on my signals, otherwise trades could round down to the min lot size regardless of the intended sizing differences. As also, trade at your own risk and be aware that market drawdowns in consolidations such as this week's is usual following a large breakout move that had already happened last week. Thanks for following, Sam
What I liked:
MQL5 asks me to rate 3 specific criteria, and this signal gets 5/5 for all of those. It's reliable, described well, copying perfectly (to a different broker), and I got excellent support in messages with Samuel - thank you!
Each trade has SL/TP. The trailing stop is working well, and it appears to have been further improved during the month of my subscription (initially it would just reduce the loss, but lately it'd actually lock good profit).
Maximum drawdown is low - both observed here so far, and according to Samuel also in longer-term backtests.
If you're fine with everything scaled down to 0.01 lots, you don't need to keep much funds tied up in the account - just enough to cover e.g. 3 potential losses. The stop-loss levels and low trade frequency enable this. So you can keep most funds in your other accounts perhaps at the same broker, and re-balance once in a few days if necessary.
I like the concept of a signal intended as a portfolio component, and at least retaining the capital.
What I didn't like:
Unfortunately, for performance (which MQL5 doesn't ask about) I'd rate this signal only 3/5 (so far one highly profitable month and one neutral month) or even 2/5 based on additional detail that Samuel shared with me (once again, I appreciate this!) - January 2026 was an exceptionally good fit for this strategy and such months are rare. A metric I use is average monthly growth vs. maximum drawdown over a longer period (such as annual). Per this metric, this signal appears to fare poorly.
What's next:
While I like this signal's stability and it being intended precisely for my use case, and I do think it's profitable long-term, there are so many better performing signals that I'll likely move on now. There's little reason for me to keep an under-performing signal even as part of a portfolio. I will continue to keep an eye on this signal, and may resubscribe later.
I fully expect Samuel may make updates resulting in improved performance. So if you see this review months later, please look at actual recent performance rather than what I wrote here.