Made +1041.3% on 22 trades — and gave back 96% of it at the worst point.
It finished at $114,134 on 22 closed trades, but the path there included a 96.0% fall from its own peak. A drawdown that deep means an account at this size would have been within a few points of a margin call. Profitable on paper, not survivable in a real account at this size — which is why it is not on the shortlist.
| Return over 32 months | +1041.34% |
| Per month | +32.54% |
| Max drawdown (equity) | 95.96% |
| Trades opened | 23 |
| Trades closed | 22 |
| Win rate | 50.0 |
| Average win / loss | $24195.97 / $7642.40 |
| Reward : risk | 3.17 |
| Final balance | $114,134 |
| Stopped out | no |
Rank 1 of 372 by raw return — better than 100% of the free EAs in this test.
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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