Recent content by borzy

The no-martingale/no-grid part is a good start, especially for XAUUSD with low-spread brokers like HFM where aggressive sizing gets exposed pretty quickly. I’d still care more about forward performance than the backtest though, because gold spreads, slippage and volatility around news can change...

I think the “skill before profit” part is the big one. A beginner can have a decent strategy and still lose from oversizing, overtrading, or changing the plan after two bad trades. Getting consistent at execution took 2 years for me trading with hfm

I’d learn the basics and risk management together from HFM webinars, then keep the actual trading very simple. One or two major pairs, demo first, small number of setups. A beginner usually doesn’t need more opportunities, they need enough screen time to understand why they’re taking a trade and...

Set-and-forget works much better once the invalidation and risk are decided before entry. Constantly watching the position in my hfm mt5 platform can turn normal noise into a reason to move the stop or close early. I’d still keep alerts around major news or a key liquidity level, but there’s...

The “protected averaging” part is what I’d examine closely, not the neural-network wording. A verified curve can still hide basket risk, changing lot exposure, short history, or performance that depends heavily on one broker’s spreads and execution

Set and forget usually works better when the setup, invalidation and risk are already clear. Watching every tick can turn a decent trade into five unnecessary decisions, especially when there’s no major news or liquidity event to manage

A ready-made script can speed up the MVP, but escrow, wallet security, KYC/AML and dispute handling are the parts that actually make or break a P2P exchange. I’d also check whether the source code is fully accessible and maintainable, because being locked into one vendor gets expensive fast

direction is only one part of the trade. You can be right eventually and still lose through poor entry, stops sitting inside normal volatility, or winners being cut before they cover the losses. Win rate looks good on paper, but expectancy is what pays

EUR/USD is probably the least messy starting point because liquidity is deep and spreads are usually tight. Still, the bigger advantage comes from following one pair during one session long enough to understand its normal movement. Jumping between majors, crosses and gold every day makes...

Being right on direction means very little if the entry, stop placement, and payoff are wrong. You can call the move correctly, get stopped during normal noise, then watch price run without you. Expectancy matters more than win rate, especially when losses are larger than the average winner as...

Correlation alone isn’t enough for pair trading because two markets can stay correlated while the spread keeps drifting. I’d want to see proper cointegration testing, out-of-sample results, and performance after spreads and slippage before judging the EA. No martingale or grid is a positive, but...

The headline returns look attractive, but with a grid EA the real question is what happens during a sustained one-way move in gold. I’d want to see the full equity curve, open floating drawdown, lot progression and performance across different brokers—not just the gain percentage. “Maximum...

Depends on the market structure. Following the trend is generally more forgiving, while countertrend entries need much tighter timing and a clear invalidation point. I’d track both setups separately because mixing their results makes it hard to know where the actual edge is

That’s the part people underestimate. A solid setup still fails if you size too big, revenge trade the next candle, or start moving stops because volatility feels personal.

Pair trading is a better idea than another grid/martingale EA, but my tests with HFM showed that the crucial question is whether the correlation holds in live conditions. Backtests can look smooth until spreads widen, one leg slips, or news breaks the relationship completely.