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16 data-driven articles — backtesting experiments, strategy shootouts, trading psychology, and real trade data. All free.

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The Weekend Backtest Habit — How 2 Hours Every Saturday Changed My Trading

July 17, 2026 Routine

8 weeks. 2 hours every Saturday. Live win rate jumped from 38% to 56%. Weekend reps work.

I Traded Only Support and Resistance for 100 Trades — No Indicators

July 16, 2026 Experiment

No RSI, no MACD, no EMA. Just horizontal lines and price. 61% win rate, 2.31 profit factor.

The 3-Minute Candle Trap — Why Scalping Destroys Most Traders

July 15, 2026 Contrarian

200 M1/M3 trades on GBPUSD. The spread-to-candle ratio makes profitability near-impossible.

Why Your Stop Loss Keeps Getting Hit — A Data-Backed Fix

July 14, 2026 Data

3 SL methods across 200 trades. Structure + wick buffer reduced stops-hit by 40%.

AUDCAD — The Forgotten Pair That Outperformed My EURUSD

July 13, 2026 Underdog

100 AUDCAD trades vs 100 EURUSD trades. Same rules. The boring pair won by 30%.

Can You Grow a $1,000 Account With Micro Lots? 6-Month Backtest

July 12, 2026 Growth

$1,000 → $1,525 in 6 months. 0.01 lots. The slow math of responsible compounding.

Breakout vs Pullback vs Reversal — 300 Trade Shootout

July 11, 2026 A/B Test

100 trades per strategy. Pullbacks crushed breakouts 2.14 PF vs 0.82.

From Revenge Trader to Consistent — My 30-Day Transformation

July 10, 2026 Psychology

31% → 58% win rate in 30 days. Mood tracking revealed the pattern I couldn't see.

Archived

NFP Fridays — Trade or Stay Flat? 3 Years of Data

July 9, 2026 News Trading

36 NFP events backtested. EURUSD: stay flat. XAUUSD: 2.48 profit factor. Gold loves payrolls.

I Simulated a FTMO Challenge 10 Times — Real Pass Rate

July 8, 2026 Prop Firm

4 passes, 6 fails. The "stop after 2 losses" rule was the difference maker.

The Fibonacci Lie — What 200 Pure Fib Trades Actually Reveal

July 7, 2026 Myth-Busting

Naked 61.8% entries: 41% win rate, 0.83 PF. Add S/R confluence: 57%, 1.74 PF. Fib isn't the edge.

London Open vs New York Open — Which Session Wins?

July 6, 2026 Data

3 years of data. London: +1,847 pips. New York: -342 pips. Not even close.

I Backtested 500 Trades on GBPUSD M5 — What Actually Wins

July 5, 2026 Case Study

54% win rate, 2.1 PF. Ruled-based level touches won. Chasing momentum lost.

Classic

Climbing the FXAbsolute Ranks — Strategy Guide E to SSS

July 1, 2026 Competition

1000-point scoring breakdown. Contest-specific strategies for Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and 6-Month.

5 Common Forex Mistakes Beginners Make (And How to Fix Them)

June 20, 2026 Education

Revenge trading, no SL, no journal. Data shows exactly how backtesting fixes each one.

How to Backtest GBPUSD on M15 — Step-by-Step Guide

June 15, 2026 Tutorial

Complete 7-step walkthrough for profitable intraday backtesting on GBPUSD.