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Martingale and grid risk
Grid and martingale EAs win small most days and lose the account on one long move. Type in how yours adds positions, and see the move that ends it.
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How the EA adds
What one long move does
An example with typical numbers. Change any box to use your own.
The account is gone before the grid is full. A move of 33.15 (331 pips) against the first entry takes the whole $1,000.00, at position 7 of 8.
- Why it looks safe
- Most days the price comes back a little and the basket closes in profit. The first position risks almost nothing; the last one carries 0.64 lots.
- The way out
- With 7 positions open, the price has to come back 9.72 (97 pips) just to break even, while the loss grows by $12.70 for every further pip against.
| # | Against | Lots | Total | Loss | Of balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | $5.00 | 0% |
| 2 | 5.00 | 0.02 | 0.03 | $20.00 | 2% |
| 3 | 10.00 | 0.04 | 0.07 | $55.00 | 6% |
| 4 | 15.00 | 0.08 | 0.15 | $130.00 | 13% |
| 5 | 20.00 | 0.16 | 0.31 | $285.00 | 29% |
| 6 | 25.00 | 0.32 | 0.63 | $600.00 | 60% |
| 7 | 30.00 | 0.64 | 1.27 | $1,235.00 | 124% |
For a buy; a sell is the same in the other direction. Losses at 4,000.00, without spread, swap or margin calls: a broker's stop-out usually closes the basket before the balance reaches zero.
Education only, not investment advice. The answer comes from the numbers you typed in, not from your account or the market. Simulated results are hypothetical and have limits: real trading has slippage, gaps, changing results and emotions. Trading leveraged products can lose money quickly, including all of it. Risk warning
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Why a smooth curve can hide the whole account
A grid or martingale adds to a losing trade and waits for a small bounce. Because markets bounce most of the time, the account curve climbs smoothly for weeks or months, and the backtest looks perfect. The risk is all in the rare day the price keeps going: every add makes the basket bigger, so the same move costs more each time, until one trend takes everything. A fixed stop on every trade, and a size that survives a normal losing run, is the difference between a bad week and an empty account.
- How to tell a martingale EA from its results and settings: how to spot a martingale gold EA.
- What a jump past a stop costs: the gap risk check.
Not advice. The answer is arithmetic on the numbers you type, not a view on any EA or market.
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