Recent content by fxrobustix

Risk per trade is only half of it. If three correlated systems each risk 1%, you can really have close to 3% exposure to the same market move. I also set a maximum total open risk and reduce size after a defined equity drawdown, not after one random loss. Position size should come from stop...

There is no best EA without knowing the risk and trading conditions. I would reject any one where full trade history is hidden, floating drawdown is missing, or results depend on deposits. Then test with real ticks, commission, worse spread and untouched forward data. A boring EA with PF around...

For long-term stability I would optimize with fixed lot first, otherwise compounding can hide weak periods. Keep the final 20–30% of data completely untouched and test the selected settings there with higher spread and some slippage. For multi-currency trading also check combined exposure...