grid trading
What 3,456 Trades Taught Me About Grid EAs (And Where I Was Wrong)
My grid EA turned $100k into $130k on demo in five weeks. Then I parsed all 3,456 trades — and the log contradicted what I believed about deep baskets, time-stops, and a change I’d already shipped. Where I was wrong.
Fixing the recovery Ladder: A Two-Second Losing Trade Told Me Everything
One of my losing trades lasted two seconds and cost $7.60 — the biggest loss in the account. It wasn’t bad luck; it was a bug in one line of code. Here’s the full autopsy of 407 trades.
The 100% Win Rate That Blows Accounts
A 100% win rate looks like the holy grail — but I ran a replay proving it’s the most dangerous number in trading. Here’s how “never close a loser” manufactures a perfect record that blows real accounts.
BTC ATM Machine: 3 Months From Idea to Earning (Honestly)
My BTC ATM Machine grid EA earns steadily on demo after 3 months of work — and I show the real floating drawdown behind every profit. Honest grid trading.
My EA Made $87,000. It Still Almost Died Five Times!
I ran four real trading disasters back through my rebuilt grid EA. The stress tests capped ~$8,000 of losses to ~$355 — and found three bugs on the way.
TrendLab Fusion: What 10,328 Trades Taught Me About Grid EAs
This one is different from my usual daily log. Instead of a fresh result, I built TrendLab Fusion v1.1 by going back through 10,328 real closed trades from two of my grid EAs — including the exact ladders that blew an account — to find out precisely what worked, what killed the accounts, and how […]
GridFollower51: +17% Month, 8% Drawdown
Today’s EA is GridFollower51 — and it’s the one I’m most quietly optimistic about, precisely because it’s the first in a long time with a sane risk profile. One month on demo: +17% with only 8% drawdown. But I’m not going to show you the win without showing you the pile of failures it came […]