A Multicurrency EA Built Around Always-in-Market Long Signals

Summary

Sergey Pankratyev describes the design of his Automated Trading Championship robot, which trades twelve currency pairs through a single complex EA. It uses technical analysis and market reaction data, with parameters adjusted from trade entry and exit results. When its algorithm cannot determine an action, it opens a long position, producing an always-in-market approach; the interview notes that the contest robot traded only long during the observed conditions. Hedging across multiple symbols was a central aim, and position size was tied to a percentage of free funds and a risk ratio.

The development process relied on Strategy Tester optimization of symbols, functions, ratios, stop-loss and take-profit settings, using multiple historical intervals and short test runs. The interview includes a tester report with trade and deal counts and a stated profit, but gives no out-of-sample evaluation or detailed drawdown evidence. The author also says some symbol fits were inefficient or incomplete and that the system was still being developed. Its contest behavior and test results therefore describe one implementation and period, not evidence that the approach generalizes.

Key ideas

• The EA uses one multicurrency program to trade a set of twelve currency pairs.
• When the system has no clear action, it opens a long position, creating an always-in-market bias.
• The developer describes hedging as the reason for using a multicurrency version.
• Parameters and symbols were selected through Strategy Tester optimization across historical intervals.
• Trade volume was based on free funds and a specified risk ratio.

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