【Difference between a real account and demo for EAs where the trades differ easily, and EAs where they don’t】

Thank you for your continued support. This is Dr. Neko.

Lately, regarding EAs

there has been quite a bit of discussion about EAs that tend to show a difference between real and demo trading

in trading.

The cause among EAs is particularly noticeable for

“EAs that operate on ticks.”

In particular, the gap between real and demo may become noticeable.

There are two main reasons for this,

the first is

for tick-based EAs,

there is often an edge in the momentary price movement immediately after entry,

and if the price slips at that moment,

the edge is lost and the EA’s profitability decreases.

This is because (in demos, slippage is almost zero, but it occurs in real trading).

And the second is,

for tick-based EAs,

depending on the broker in MT4,

• the “delivered rate (how ticks move)”

and

• the “number of tick updates,”vary,

so compared to price action EAs, the differences between real and demo trading are more likely to occur.

From these two points,

if you purchase or use a “tick-based EA,”

it is safer to check in advance how much difference there is by reviewing others’ results, such as myfxbook and Gogojan’s “REAL TRADE,”

before purchasing.

As for my EAs,

such as Pips_miner_EA,

most are based on “opening price movement,”

so they are designed to have relatively little difference between real and demo.

I hope you find the above helpful as a reference.

Dr. Neko