ConfirmedTrades

Guides

Long-form, plain-English explanations of how track records are verified, what the numbers on an account page mean, and how to vet an EA or signal before you trust it.

• Strategy types · 7 min read · 17 Aug 2026

  Arbitrage and latency EA: near-perfect win rates, seconds-long trades, and why the broker always ends it

  Latency and triangular arbitrage EAs exploit stale quotes. What the record looks like, why it cannot be copied, and how to tell it from a real edge.

• Strategy types · 7 min read · 5 Aug 2026

  Hedging EA: locked positions, swap bleed, and why most hedging forex robots are grids in disguise

  A hedging Expert Advisor holds buys and sells on one symbol at once. What that does to risk, the swap cost, the equity gap, and how to check one.

• Strategy types · 7 min read · 24 Jul 2026

  News trading EA: event-driven forex robots, slippage, and why demo results mean nothing

  A news trading Expert Advisor trades the minutes around releases. The tiny trade count, the slippage that eats the edge, and why demo results mean nothing.

• Strategy types · 7 min read · 15 Jul 2026

  Breakout EA: session-open forex robots, false breakouts and the fat right tail

  A breakout Expert Advisor buys new highs and sells new lows at session opens. The 40% win rate, the streaks, the hour signature, and how to check one.

• Strategy types · 7 min read · 6 Jul 2026

  Scalping expert advisor: the stats of a forex scalping EA and why spread decides everything

  A scalping Expert Advisor holds for minutes and wins a few pips a time. Win rate, payoff, trades per week, the cost ratio that decides it, and how to check one.

• Strategy types · 8 min read · 26 Jun 2026

  Martingale EA: why the highest win rate in forex is the most dangerous, with the arithmetic

  A martingale EA raises lot size after every loss. 1.8x progression, six losses, a 34x lot: the arithmetic, the stats on a verified account, how it is caught.

• Strategy types · 8 min read · 17 Jun 2026

  Grid trading EA: how a grid EA makes money, how it loses it all, and how to spot one

  A grid trading EA stacks positions and closes the basket together: smooth balance curve, ugly equity curve, a worked blow-up, and how the pattern is detected.

• Strategy types · 7 min read · 8 Jun 2026

  Mean reversion EA: high win rate, bigger losers, and where the risk hides

  A mean reversion Expert Advisor wins often and loses big. The stats it produces, why stop-loss usage matters most, and how to check one on an account page.

• Strategy types · 7 min read · 29 May 2026

  Trend following EA: what a trend following forex robot looks like on a verified account

  Low win rate, big winners, long losing streaks and slow drawdowns: how a trend following Expert Advisor trades and how to check one on a verified account.

• Strategy types · 9 min read · 20 May 2026

  Types of forex Expert Advisors: the nine EA categories and how to tell them apart from the numbers

  The nine EA categories: how each one trades, the statistics that give it away on a verified account, and which types blow up and why.