Trading journal

This is my own trading system, combining human market analysis with automated trade management.

The strategy trades several liquid CFD instruments, including XAUUSD, US30, DE40, USTEC and others, depending on market conditions.

My goal is not simply to make as much profit as possible. I also pay close attention to how the strategy behaves in different market conditions. I regularly monitor Profit Factor, Expectancy, Win Rate, real Equity Drawdown, margin usage and total exposure.

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🖥️ Human + Automation

This is not a fully manual strategy and it is not a fully automatic trading robot.

I make the initial trading decision. I open the first trade using a special MT5 trading panel that I developed for this strategy.

After the trade is opened, the panel takes over the management. It automatically monitors the open positions and manages them according to the strategy rules.

If needed, the system can open additional positions, manage the whole group of trades and close the positions.

So, the human and the algorithm work together:

Human → analyzes the market and decides when to start a trade

EA panel → manages the trades automatically

For MQL5 signal subscribers, my trades are copied automatically to their accounts.

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📐 Grid + Light Martingale

The strategy uses a Grid system with up to 6 trades, combined with a light Martingale approach.

If the market moves against the first trade, the system can add more positions according to predefined rules.

The position size can increase gradually, but this is not an aggressive classic Martingale system where the lot size is doubled after every losing trade.

The maximum Grid size is 6 trades.

The idea is to manage the group of positions and take advantage of a possible market move back in the expected direction.

However, Grid and Martingale methods can increase risk when the market moves strongly in one direction for a long time. For this reason, I closely monitor total exposure, Equity Drawdown and margin usage.

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⚡ Trade Duration and Broker Choice

Many trades in this strategy stay open for a relatively short time.

Because of this, choosing the right broker is very important.

I recommend using a broker with:

• fast trade execution;
• low execution delay (latency);
• low and stable spreads;
• good liquidity;
• reliable trading servers.

When a trade is open for only a short time, even a small execution delay, higher spread or slippage can affect the final result.

Please also remember that copied results can be different from the main trading account because of spread, slippage, execution price, server distance and other broker conditions.

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📊 Daily Trading Reports

I want the trading results to be as transparent as possible.

Every trading day, I publish automatically generated trading reports in my Telegram channel.

The reports include:

• number of trades;
• winning and losing trades;
• Win Rate;
• Profit Factor;
• Expectancy;
• Equity Drawdown;
• margin usage;
• results by instrument;
• and other important trading statistics.

The reports are automatically calculated by a special MT5 statistics EA that I developed for this purpose.

This makes it possible to follow the actual trading results and risk, rather than looking only at the total account profit.

Telegram channel: Daily trading reports

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📈 How I Evaluate the Strategy

I don't look only at total profit.

I mainly focus on:

Profit Factor + Expectancy + Equity Drawdown + Margin + Total Exposure + Long-term Stability

One good trading day is not enough to prove that a strategy works.

The real test is hundreds and thousands of trades, different market conditions and long-term results.

That is why I continue to monitor, test and improve the strategy.

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⚠️ Risk

This is not a conservative investment strategy and profit is not guaranteed.

The use of Grid and light Martingale means that during certain market conditions, the strategy can build a larger open position and experience a significant temporary Equity Drawdown.

Like any active trading system, it can also have losing periods.

Past results do not guarantee future results.

Please only copy the strategy with money that you can afford to have temporarily exposed to trading risk.

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🎯 My Goal

My goal is not to show one impressive trading day or promise quick profits.

I want to build and improve a system that can maintain a positive mathematical edge and controlled risk over a large number of trades and different market conditions.

If you are looking for a completely passive and risk-free investment, this strategy is not for you.

If you are looking for an active trading system where human market analysis is combined with automated trade management, you are welcome to check the real trading statistics and follow the results.

Trading is done on a real account. Results can be followed through MQL5 and the daily Telegram reports.