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Pin Bar Strategy Tested On 1,200 Trades And 28 Pairs

The pin bar strategy turned $10,000 into $2,937 across 1,200 trades. One volatility filter then cut the worst drawdown almost in half and shrank the loss per trade to almost nothing, which reads like a fix until you ask what almost nothing means. It means the strategy became a coin flip. About This Guide This […]

Order Block Strategy Tested On 650 Trades

The order block strategy turned $10,000 into $2,376 across 650 trades. One filter then cut the worst drawdown by nearly a third, which looks like progress until you check what it did to the individual trades. It did nothing to them at all. About This Guide This guide covers the order block strategy as the […]

NY Killzone Strategy: The Setting Most Traders Never Check

The NY Killzone strategy waits for the session, the gap, and the confirmation candle before it will risk a cent. Across 2,590 trades that discipline took $10,000 down to $448. One setting caused most of the damage, and it is none of the three. About This Guide This guide covers the NY Killzone strategy exactly […]

BOS Strategy Tested, $10,000 Fell To $5,362

The BOS strategy is sold on a 2 to 1 payoff, and across 886 trades the average winner paid 0.58R. That took $10,000 down to $5,362. One filter then produced the smallest drawdown this series has recorded, and it rests on 169 trades. About This Guide This guide explains what the BOS strategy is, the […]

CHoCH Strategy Tested, The Rule That Fixed It Is Backwards

The CHoCH strategy took $10,000 down to $3,027 across 1,137 trades. Two filters then cut the worst fall by nearly two thirds, and one of them is backwards. About This Guide This guide explains what the CHoCH strategy is, the exact rules we put through the AFM Research Lab across 28 forex pairs and eight […]

Stochastic Oscillator Strategy 4,202 Trades, One Clear Fix

The stochastic oscillator strategy buys weakness and sells strength, with nothing checking which way the market is already heading. It takes the reversal either way, and across 4,202 trades that took $10,000 down to $640. Adding a direction filter halved the worst fall and still lost money. About This Guide This guide explains what the […]

Bollinger Squeeze Tested, $10,000 Fell To $4,242

The Bollinger Squeeze has no rule about which way the market is going. It takes the break either way, and across 855 trades that took $10,000 down to $4,242. Adding a direction filter fixed the drawdown and created a different problem. About This Guide This guide explains what the Bollinger Squeeze is, the exact rules […]

FVG Trading Tested, $10,000 Became Two Cents

FVG trading turned $10,000 into roughly two cents across 7,376 trades. The account did not quite reach zero, because at 1 percent risk per trade it mathematically cannot. It got as close as arithmetic allows. About This Guide This guide explains what a fair value gap is, the exact rules we put through the AFM […]

Anchored VWAP Tested On Forex, $10,000 Fell To $2,403

If you are trading anchored VWAP on forex, the line on your chart is not measuring what you think. Across 1,667 trades it took $10,000 down to $2,403. Here is what it is actually weighted by. About This Guide This guide explains what anchored VWAP is, why it behaves differently on forex than on stocks, […]

Supply And Demand Strategy Tested, $10,000 Became $493

The supply and demand strategy is taught in more free trading videos than almost any other setup. We ran it across 2,010 trades and 8.3 years of Daily data, and $10,000 finished at $493. The account lost 95 percent of its value on the way there. About This Guide This guide explains what a supply […]

Breakout Retest Strategy Doubled $10,000, Then We Cut 350 Trades

Almost every breakout retest strategy tutorial tells you to buy the pullback and skips the part that decides whether you make money. We tested the rules as written across 459 trades on 28 pairs. The entry was never the problem. About This Guide This guide explains what the breakout retest strategy is, the exact entry, […]

Inside Bar Breakout Tested, 3 Points From Breaking Even

The inside bar breakout is the first pattern most traders learn, and it turned $10,000 into $420. That is not a bad year, and it is not one unlucky pair. Across 3,892 trades and nine years of Daily data, the account lost 96 percent of its value. However, the pattern itself was not broken, and […]

Turtle Soup Strategy Tested On 2,851 Trades

The Turtle Soup strategy turned $10,000 into $1,571. Then we filtered it until it made money, and the new version shows a 6 percent drawdown and a positive edge. It looks like the fix worked. It did not, and the giveaway sits in a column most people never read. Spot it before I point at […]

Why Trend Following Fails On Forex, 2,837 Trades Tested

Trend following has the best reputation in trading. It is the approach behind the Turtles, behind most managed futures funds, and behind the advice to cut your losses and let your winners run. So I had the AFM Research Lab run it properly on forex, 2,837 trades across 28 pairs and ten years of Daily […]

AMD Strategy Tested On 673 Trades, $10,000 Became $14,027

The AMD strategy turned $10,000 into $14,027, untuned, across 673 trades and ten years. The three setups I tested before it all failed. Here is what held up, and the one number that should still worry you. About This Guide This guide explains what the AMD strategy is, the exact entry, stop and target rules […]

Axon Markets Review 2026 – REAL Traders Report

Axon Markets review 2026 by Ezekiel Chew: raw spreads from 0.0 pips at $6 per lot, a $10 entry account and MT5 only – and the Seychelles entity that actually holds your account.

Mean Reversion Strategy Tested On 2,205 Forex Trades

The mean reversion strategy turned $10,000 into $2,643. Not in a bad year, not on one pair, but across 28 forex pairs and ten years of Daily data, traded exactly the way every course teaches it. I had the AFM Research Lab tighten every rule in the setup to try to save it, and it […]

Does Market Structure Trading Work? 1,402 Trades Tested

Market structure trading is the first thing most traders are taught, and the last thing most of them question. So we questioned it. 1,402 trades, 28 forex pairs, ten years of Daily data, and a $10,000 account that finished at $2,612. Then we tuned it. The best settings a search could find still lost money, […]

MACD Strategy Tested For 10 Years, $10,000 Became $8,801

Most MACD strategy guides show you one chart where divergence worked perfectly. We tested it 895 times across 28 forex pairs on ten years of Daily data. The textbook version turned $10,000 into $8,801. The filtered version finished ahead and is still not worth trading. By the end of this you will understand why both […]

ICT Order Block Strategy Tested On 28 Forex Pairs

Most traders learn the ICT order block from a chart that was picked after the move was over. On that kind of chart, the setup always looks perfect. So we ran the rules through the AFM Research Lab on 28 pairs and 9.9 years of Daily data. I will show you the rules, the losses, […]