KEY POINTS - Safe martingale mode: • This signal uses a safe martingale approach and has a maximum of three positions open; • Each trade is protected by a stop-loss; • Max target expected drawdown is less than 15%; • Monthly target expected gains is between 50% to 100%; • This signal trades GBPAUD only; • USE an ECN account for best results; • Minimum leverage 1:20 – ESMA friendly; • Prop Trader friendly; • This version is not FIFO compliant. Many traders consider averaging and Martingale signals to be dangerous and toxic. We agree that such strategies without good risk management are dangerous. However, with conventional risk management tools such as a stop-loss and trailing stop, many benefits can accrue to the trader. So let us take it from the top as though the reader is new to trading.
In forex trading, the Martingale strategy calls for traders to keep increasing their position size until they make a winning trade. A pure Martingale strategy calls for a trader to double their trade after each loss to recover losses. However, the trader can also make gradual increasing to their original position until they recoup their losses. The Martingale approach has been criticized by many commenters who have been unable to tame or control this type of strategy. However, Freedom Reparations has most certainly tamed and controlled the Martingale approach and the real time signal performance suggests that if done correctly with the correct money management strategy and fixed stop loss, there are numerous benefits to be had.
Averaging Down with the Martingale Strategy
When a position begins falling, a trade can sell and take the loss, hold and hope, or average down. Averaging down in forex simply means throwing more money after the loss with the hope that it will eventually perform well. Averaging is used to avoid losses instead of seeking profits. The Martingale strategy may be implemented via a number of closed positions that have gone against you or averaging an open position. In the first instance, there is loss and in the next position, the volume is doubled. In the second instance, there is unrealized loss with the volume being added to an open position. Doubling down is at the heart of the Martingale strategy. Averaging entails buying more of a position of something that you have invested as price drops. It lowers the average price, which makes it easier to break even or make a profit. It is worth noting that it makes it easier to lose more as you have more invested in the position. It is dangerous when the position has shown weakness instead of strength. Some feel that sending more money after a loss is compounding the problem. However, it is a great option when combined with fixed stop loss. This signal operates smoothly and is protected by a stop-loss and a trailing stop-loss. Optimization has been conducted using cross-validation to avoid over-optimization and destructive curve fitting.The strategy can be tick by tick adaptable if needed.