Shuffling Your Trades Understates Drawdown
Almost every Monte Carlo tool in retail trading reshuffles the order of your trades. That method has a specific blind spot, and it sits exactly […]
Almost every Monte Carlo tool in retail trading reshuffles the order of your trades. That method has a specific blind spot, and it sits exactly […]
I have been trading the same EA on EURUSD for nearly two years. The backtest shows a 1.42 profit factor across 487 trades, a 61% […]
Most prop trading firms publish their rules in language that sounds straightforward. Maximum drawdown of 10%. Maximum daily loss of 5%. Minimum 5 trading days. […]
One toolkit. Every analysis. No add-ons. What’s actually inside Edge Matrix, and why I built it as a single bench instead of ten separate tools. […]
Every week, a new “holy grail” Expert Advisor appears online. The screenshots are gorgeous. The equity curve climbs from the bottom-left to the top-right like […]
The Kelly Criterion is the most cited position sizing formula in quantitative trading. It is also the most misapplied. Traders who understand the formula — […]
This article takes no position on who is right, who started what, or how the conflict should end. Those are political questions. What follows is […]
Two EAs. Both run on EURUSD for four years. Both produce a profit factor of 1.82. Both show smooth equity curves with drawdowns under 12%. […]
The EA has a 91% win rate. The equity curve rises steadily with barely a dip. Five years of backtest data. Maximum drawdown 4.2%. The […]
Is Your EA Curve Fitted? 5 Statistical Red Flags That Expose Fake Backtests A backtest with a beautiful equity curve, 2.5 profit factor, and 12% […]