Strategy, analysis, and best practices for the algorithmic trading niche. Written by people who actually run EAs.
Most traders running 10+ EAs believe they're diversified. They're not. Here's how hidden overlap silently doubles your exposure on key assets and what to do about it.
From overlap to scaling errors, these patterns cost retail algo traders thousands every month. Most never realize they're making them.
A PF of 1.5 can mean a stable, consistent strategy or a single lucky trade carrying a broken system. Here's how to tell the difference.
When three EAs all buy XAUUSD in the same 30-minute window, you don't have diversification — you have one bet placed three times. A deep dive into detection and prevention.
The most dangerous type of drawdown is the one that happens slowly. How stability scoring and pattern analysis catch performance degradation early.
Prop firms don't care which individual EA caused the drawdown. They see the total. Here's how to measure real risk across all your open positions simultaneously.
Buying and selling the same pair with different EAs at the same time costs double commissions and net zero P&L. How to find and stop it.
The difference between traders who improve and those who repeat mistakes is one thing: a system for tracking what they did and why. Smart Journal is that system.
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