Guides on EA portfolio optimization, risk management, and running multiple Expert Advisors profitably.
Audit-grade methodology behind Verdict: walk-forward windows × Monte Carlo trade-shuffling × bootstrap confidence intervals × CI-LOW primary-match selection. Open methodology, deterministic, reproducible. Why the primary match is selected on the lower bound, not the best case.
Read methodology →MT4's Strategy Tester only backtests one EA at a time. Here's what it shows, what it can't, and how to run a real portfolio backtest with shared balance, drawdown stacking, and 17 risk metrics in 10 minutes.
Read article →Side-by-side comparison of 17 forex propfirm challenge rules — FTMO, FundedNext, TFT, Apex, TopStep, E8, Blue Guardian, Finotive, Lux and more. Drawdown types, profit targets, EA rules, payout cadence. The cheat sheet for algorithmic traders picking a challenge.
Read article →A practical guide to building an EA portfolio that survives real markets. Correlation thresholds, Pareto optimization, walk-forward validation, and Monte Carlo stress testing — explained plainly.
Read article →Running multiple Expert Advisors on the same account sounds like diversification — until their drawdowns stack and you're down 40% overnight. Here's how to actually combine EAs safely.
Read article →Individual EA backtests show 15% max drawdown each. But run five of them together and your actual drawdown could hit 50%. This is drawdown stacking — and most traders don't account for it.
Read article →Two tools for optimizing EA portfolios, two very different approaches. We compare FXOptimize's shared-balance simulation with QuantAnalyzer's trade-merging method — features, pricing, and use cases.
Read article →Upload your EA backtests. Verdict compares 8 propfirm challenges (FTMO, FundedNext, FundingPips, The5ers, FXIFY, The Funded Trader, Goat, FTMO 1-step) using walk-forward windows × Monte Carlo trade-shuffling × bootstrap 95% confidence intervals — and surfaces the firm with the highest CI lower bound as the primary match, not the highest point estimate.
Open Verdict →Detailed comparison of FXOptimize vs QuantAnalyzer: shared-balance simulation, pricing, platform support, and why traders are switching to web-based EA portfolio optimization.
Read guide →How to properly combine separate MT4 and MT5 backtest HTML files into one portfolio simulation — with shared balance, not just merged trade lists.
Read guide →What is EA portfolio simulation, why individual backtests lie, and how Pareto optimization finds the best EA combinations. 17 risk metrics explained.
Read guide →How to analyze correlation between Expert Advisors, read the correlation heatmap, and build portfolios with true diversification — not hidden risk.
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