Made +2.6% over 32 months with a 5.7% drawdown.
It ended the period at $10,259 from a $10,000 start, on 983 closed trades. A 5.7% peak-to-trough drawdown is the part you have to be able to sit through — that number, not the return, decides whether you keep the position open. It is on the shortlist of free EAs that made money without a deep drawdown.
| Return over 32 months | +2.59% |
| Per month | +0.08% |
| Max drawdown (equity) | 5.69% |
| Trades opened | 1,380 |
| Trades closed | 983 |
| Win rate | 50.2 |
| Average win / loss | $13.37 / $12.88 |
| Reward : risk | 1.04 |
| Final balance | $10,259 |
| Stopped out | no |
Rank 25 of 372 by raw return — better than 94% of the free EAs in this test. Every row above it made more and gave back more: they are the ones with a drawdown over 20%, which is why they are not on the shortlist.
EURUSD H1 · Feb 2024 - Oct 2026 (32 months) · spread 17 points (1.7 pip), measured on the live feed · Open prices only · $10,000 start · 0.01 lot step · MT4 build 1492, local machine. Same harness for all 372 files, and the raw row for this one is in the public CSV. Conditions matter more than the verdict: an EA that fails here can still work on another pair, another timeframe or a broker with tighter spreads.
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