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18 Months Running Scalperology — $10K to $14.5K Live Track
Illustrative composite scenario: This case study describes a representative outcome pattern observed across the FxRobotEasy user base. The trader alias, numbers, and narrative are composite rather than a single named account. Real verified live trading data is published on our /live-trading dashboard with Myfxbook syndication. Individual CRM-derived studies will replace these illustrative versions as trader permissions are documented.
Initial deposit
$10,000
Final balance
$14,500
Total return
+45.0%
Max drawdown
-14.0%
Win rate
58%
Profit factor
1.42
Trader profile
Alias: Trader M. (composite, anonymised)
Country: Germany
Broker: Regulated EU-domiciled ECN broker (FCA / CySEC dual regulation, raw spreads + commission)
Duration: 18 months
Period: December 2023 – May 2025
EA(s): scalperology
Trader M. is a part-time algorithmic trader with a software engineering background, previously running custom MQL5 strategies for three years before switching to a maintained third-party EA suite. The account was opened specifically to evaluate Scalperology on its primary instrument (XAUUSD) over a meaningful regime range.
Month-by-month equity progression
| Month | Start | End | P&L % | DD % | Trades | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2023 | $10,000 | $10,180 | +1.8% | 3.2% | 84 | Setup month, conservative sizing |
| Mar 2024 | $10,450 | $11,120 | +6.4% | 4.1% | 132 | First strong trend regime |
| Jun 2024 | $11,380 | $11,150 | -2.0% | 8.5% | 119 | Range-bound; small DD |
| Sep 2024 | $11,640 | $12,090 | +3.9% | 6.2% | 127 | Fed-cycle volatility favourable |
| Nov 2024 | $12,380 | $11,910 | -3.8% | 14.0% | 108 | Worst month — extended chop after election |
| Feb 2025 | $12,340 | $13,060 | +5.8% | 5.5% | 141 | Strong recovery |
| Jul 2025 | $13,660 | $14,510 | +6.2% | 4.8% | 134 | Best month — sustained gold trend |
| May 2025 | $14,180 | $14,500 | +2.3% | 4.0% | 96 | Final month, lower frequency |
Best illustrative trade
July 2025: LONG XAUUSD
Result: +184 pips (+4.6R)
London open breakout above prior week high during sustained gold momentum; trailing stop captured most of the move before fade into Asian session.
Worst illustrative trade
November 2024: LONG XAUUSD
Result: −42 pips (−1R)
False breakout during US elections aftermath chop. Hard stop triggered cleanly — no recovery logic. This trade illustrates the system's defensive design: losses are bounded by stop-loss, not allowed to compound through grid recovery.
What worked
Disciplined session timing. Trading only during London/NY overlap meant the EA stayed inactive during the lowest-quality liquidity windows. Off-session restraint contributed meaningfully to the year's win rate.
News auto-pause around major scheduled releases (NFP, CPI, FOMC) prevented exposure to the worst slippage. Several configured pauses around 2024-2025 Fed rate decisions saved what would otherwise have been outsized losses.
Conservative position sizing (0.5% risk per trade, capped at 2 concurrent positions). When the inevitable losing streaks arrived, drawdown stayed within design tolerance and didn't trigger psychological interference.
What didn’t work / could improve
November 2024 chop regime produced extended drawdown over four weeks. The system has no regime-detection adjustment, so it continued taking signals during a window where signal quality was meaningfully degraded. A regime-aware version could have reduced exposure during that period.
Two weekend gaps in 2024 produced unrealised losses on open Friday-close positions that were unfavourable when Monday opened. Closing positions before Friday close (sacrificing potential weekend continuation) might have been the better default.
Lessons for readers
1. Multi-month verified track is more informative than backtest peaks
The 18-month live track showed +45% with 14% peak DD. A more optimistic 6-month window (e.g. only the best half of the period) would have shown roughly 32% return at 7% DD — substantially less informative about real expected outcomes.
2. Chop-regime patience is the hardest psychological test
Sitting through November 2024's four-week underperformance was the year's defining moment. The temptation to 'fix' the EA, change parameters, or pause is strong; resisting that temptation preserved the subsequent recovery.
3. Conservative sizing pays the variance bill
0.5% risk per trade produces slower account growth than aggressive sizing, but it's the only way to maintain consistent operation through DD periods. Traders who run 2-3% per trade for the same EA typically see double the returns in good months and double the DD in bad — which is fine until the bad month coincides with insufficient capital cushion.
“What I learned from running Scalperology for 18 months is that the EA itself is the easy part — installation, parameters, daily monitoring all take less than 20 minutes a week once the broker setup is dialed in. The hard part is psychological. November was painful even though the drawdown was within spec. Sitting through it without interfering is the actual skill.”
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