[Verification Report] Complete Do-ten EA × Golden Emblem 1-Minute Forward Test! GOLD Margin “Invisible Pitfall”
Hello everyone. This is Jerusalem.
I have launched a forward test of the “Golden Emblem” indicator from the reliably popular happyAngel on my fully automated EA, “Loop-Turnaround_EA,” on Rakuten Securities MT4 demo account starting this month on the 1st.の on-demo trading forward test has started.
Today, I would like to share the real results from the first two weeks (1-minute chart operation) and the “margin trap” you must know when automating CFD instruments.
■ Two-week total results
・Instruments: Nikkei 225-1-minute, GOLD1-minute
・Virtual margin: 5,000,000 yen (demo account)
・Realized profit/loss:-299,279 yen
・Current unrealized profit: +172,236 yen
“Huh, a negative start?” If you doubt, please view the asset progress in the chart.
In the early stage there is a cliff-like drop in assets, but this is actually the forceful stop-out caused by the “margin trap of GOLD for CFD on Rakuten MT4” that I want to share with you all.
■ [Alert] The shock of 1 lot = margin of 4.3 million yen
Running GOLD as if it were a currency pair caused the EA to hold a position of “1.02 lots,” which locked up an astonishing 4.3 million yen in margin. As a result, with only a small adverse move, the account’s available margin was exhausted, and before the EA could decide to do a reverse trade (stop out), the broker executedan automatic stop-out (loss of 810,000 yen).
■ The exceptional recovery power of the Nikkei 225
However, the true highlight begins here.
By revising GOLD's parameter settings (adjusting tomargin basis for 0.01 lot from50,000 yen to500,000 yen and adjusting to 0.09 lots), and returning to an appropriate lot size, please note the recovery power.
In fact, excluding the stop-out loss,the Nikkei 225 on a 1-minute chart alone achieved a confirmed profit of about ¥500,000 over these two weeks.
The upward trend in the latter half of the chart is proof that the Golden Emblem’s latest signal accuracy and this EA’s reverse-trading logic are functioning perfectly. When combined with the current unrealized profit of GOLD at the proper lot size (+140,000 yen), losses are being steadily recovered.
■ The importance of this EA’s “money management feature”
From this lesson, you can understand that when dealing with CFD instruments, you must adjust the lot size according to the margin required per instrument’s leverage.
The “Loop-Turnaround_EA” includes a management feature that allows you to set the “margin per 0.01 lot” separately for each instrument from the parameters. With this feature, even specialized instruments like GOLD can be risk-controlled safely.
■ Preview of next week’s test (1-minute → 5-minute)
The advantage on the 1-minute chart has been confirmed, and to reduce spread costs due to noise (false signals) and to convert larger trends into profits, we will move to a “5-minute” chart, and continue testing for both Nikkei 225 and GOLD by changing the timeframe from next week.
If we extend to a slightly longer timeframe, will the Golden Emblem demonstrate even greater performance as a fully reverse-trading EA?
Please look forward to the next report as well!