Trading Systems Lab
Practical notes on EA building, MT5 testing, risk control, and market timing. Less hype, more systems.
Four Techniques Tested, One Survived: the Tokyo Fix
We promised to test four techniques from our map and file the results, pass or fail. Three failed. One, the flow after the 09:55 Tokyo fix, held in every year since 2019, became an engine, and is now running live.
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Every family of FX technique we know of, in one table, with what our own backtests say about each: proven, rejected, or not yet tested. Two patterns stand out, and they decide what we test next.
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Why Combining Too Many Indicators Makes EAs Worse
Adding more indicators often feels safer, but it usually makes Expert Advisors worse. Learn why indicator overload leads to signal conflict, overfitting, and fragile performance, and how simpler logic creates more robust EAs.
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- Pick a session (Tokyo/London/NY) and test one idea.
- Use fixed risk per trade, then optimize only after stability.
- Bookmark your best setups and keep a track record.