Funded InstaTrader (By giannis )
| Gain : | +65.93% |
| Drawdown | 32.74% |
| pips: | 2278.0 |
| Trades | 321 |
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| Type: | Real |
| Leverage: | 1:500 |
| Trading: | Automated |
Funded InstaTrader Discussion
I have developed an MT5 FX EA , trading all Major and Minor pairs. No optimization, with MT5 calculation of spread and slippage, without extra deposit to keep it alive or martingale systems. And of course compounding every profit. It is supported by the entire available historical data (18 years) with over 10,000 trades
My system is primarily designed to trade around major economic events that create significant market movements on Forex. Since August 5, 2024, we have been through an unusually quiet period from the perspective of the specific market conditions that trigger the strategy. As a result, the EA has simply entered a low-activity period rather than generating artificial trades just to increase the live track record.
If you look at the backtest, you will notice a recurring pattern. For long periods of time (2-3 years), the system develops slowly or even stagnates. Then, when a period of intense market turbulence occurs, its statistical advantage is activated and the account curve accelerates sharply.
The important thing is not that this happened in live. The important thing is that the live account, after more than two years of operation, follows the exact same structure that had repeatedly appeared in the 18 years of historical data.
Major periods of market turbulence are not an everyday occurrence. Historically, they occur every few years, sometimes more often, sometimes less often.
MYFXBOOK Description
The three accounts shown on my profile (https://www.myfxbook.com/members/giannis) are not three different strategies. They are a single strategy that has evolved through three successive stages of live validation. All three accounts use exactly the same entry criteria, the same stop-loss, and the same take-profit. The only elements that differ are the execution environment (broker specifications), the leverage, the contract size and, consequently, the position sizing.
Stage 1 – Live Proof of Concept (Funded InstaTrader)The first account went live in December 2023 through a funded contest account, designed to answer the first and most important research question: can the statistical edge observed in historical data survive under real market conditions?
The account operates with a contract size of 10,000 units and 1:500 leverage. This stage constitutes the first live confirmation that the theoretical model works in the real market.
Stage 2 – Personal Capital Validation (Key To Markets)The second account was created in September 2024, only after more than 100 real trades had been completed on the first account. Before it was activated, a new backtest was run exclusively over the same period as the live trading, in order to confirm the convergence between historical results and actual execution. Personal capital was committed only after this confirmation.
The account operates with real personal capital ($5,000), a contract size of 100,000 units and 1:500 leverage. The strategy remains exactly the same — exposure is simply scaled proportionally to the contract size and the account equity.
Stage 3 – Institutional Track Record (Darwinex Zero JUZE)The third account was created in March 2025 with a different objective: not to test a new strategy, but to begin building a long-term institutional track record, which I intend to maintain at least until 2030.
The strategy continues to use exactly the same entries, stop-loss and take-profit. The key difference is the 1:30 leverage environment, which imposes significantly smaller position sizing — total exposure is approximately one third of that used on the 1:500 accounts. Consequently, the lower drawdown observed on Darwinex Zero is not the result of a different strategy or a different statistical edge; it is the natural consequence of the lower leverage and the proportional reduction in exposure.
