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The fitted window returned +1,311.1%. On data the optimiser had not seen, the same inputs returned +301.3% — still positive, but far enough down that the first number was mostly fit.
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We optimised MoonDog EA on XAUUSD M15 over one window and then ran the winning inputs, untouched, over a later one the optimiser never saw. The fitted window returned +28,742.7%; the unseen window returned +165,035.3%.
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We optimised Quantum Titan Mt5 on XAUUSD M5 over one window and then ran the winning inputs, untouched, over a later one the optimiser never saw. The fitted window returned +461.0%; the unseen window returned +3,900.1%.
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The fitted window returned +1,311.1%. On data the optimiser had not seen, the same inputs returned +301.3% — still positive, but far enough down that the first number was mostly fit.
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You do not need the source code. A martingale or grid system has to expose itself in its input parameters, in the shape of its equity curve, and in which statistic the vendor chose to advertise — and any one of the three settles it.
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Modelling quality measures how the strategy tester guessed the price path inside each bar. It is a statement about the data, not about the strategy — and on MT4 the number stops at 90% because the tester is inventing ticks from M1 bars.
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A count, not an opinion. Of 1,180 expert advisors currently on sale, 880 rely on martingale, grid, averaging or loss-recovery logic with no hard stop. And the products making the most attractive claims are the most likely to be in that group.
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