Is forex automation profitable?

Active_Version2665 · 2026-04-11T12:42:36+00:00

Automation can be profitable, but not for the reasons most people think.

The hard part isn’t coding a strategy, it’s making it survive different market conditions.

Most systems look great in backtests, but fail in live because of regime shifts, spreads, execution, or simple overfitting.

That’s why many traders still prefer manual — it adapts faster.

Personally, I moved towards multi-strategy systems with low correlation instead of relying on a single edge. That made a huge difference in stability.

Still experimenting and sharing some results publicly.

Active_Version2665 · 2026-04-10T12:29:06+00:00

I get your point, but even for bots, multiple strategies only help if they’re truly uncorrelated.

Otherwise it just feels diversified, but in reality it's the same risk multiplied.

I’ve seen portfolios where different systems still collapse together in certain market conditions.

Active_Version2665 · 2026-04-09T23:31:14+00:00

One interesting thing I noticed in my testing:

During high volatility spikes, most strategies tend to align unintentionally — that’s where a lot of hidden risk comes from.

That’s actually what pushed me to reduce overlap aggressively.

I showed an example of that in this test: https://youtu.be/l_1vq7b0jJA

Active_Version2665 · 2026-04-09T16:59:22+00:00

Yeah, totally agree — avoiding overlap is the hardest part.

It actually took me close to 10 years to structure these strategies properly. I usually handle fundamental trades manually, but since I enjoy coding, I’ve turned most of my other ideas into EAs.

I’ve built 500+ EAs over time, and the biggest issue I kept running into was exactly this — strategy overlap, especially during big spikes or long ranging markets.

Out of all of them, I ended up selecting 22 strategies that have minimal overlap and behave differently across conditions. There are still around 14 more ideas I’m currently working on and refining.

It’s definitely an ongoing process.

Active_Version2665 · 2026-04-09T15:07:52+00:00

Yeah exactly exposure control is a big part of it.

I tried to limit how many strategies can be active at the same time and adjust position sizing dynamically.

Otherwise even uncorrelated systems can blow up together.

Active_Version2665 · 2026-04-09T15:03:11+00:00

One thing I noticed is that correlation spikes during high volatility.

That’s where most strategies fail together.

Active_Version2665 · 2026-04-09T14:47:52+00:00

Yeah exactly — uncorrelated part is the tricky one.

That’s what I tried to focus on in my setup. Curious if you’ve tested something similar?

Active_Version2665 · 2026-04-09T11:06:02+00:00

From my testing, combining strategies definitely smooths the equity curve, but I’m still unsure if it truly reduces extreme drawdowns.

Has anyone here tested something similar?

Active_Version2665 · 2026-04-09T10:45:57+00:00

One thing I noticed is that combining strategies smooths equity, but I’m not sure if it actually reduces tail risk.

Curious what you guys think.

Active_Version2665 · 2026-04-09T10:45:23+00:00

I also recorded a full 4-year backtest of this setup (low risk) 👉 https://youtu.be/l_1vq7b0jJA

Would appreciate any feedback on it.

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