Automation rankings: the top 10 for the week to Sunday 4 October

Every automation we test is a trading strategy we built, running live trade by trade, with every result shown, losses included. We are testing 2,216 of them live right now. These are the 10 with the best live results in the week to Sunday 4 October.

Gold CCI Extreme Hunter led with +7.8% from 3 trades.

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The top 10

1. Gold CCI Extreme Hunter (gold, buys only, 15-minute chart): +7.8% from 3 trades, 100% of them winners. Live for 7 weeks: +23.6% from 32 trades, profit factor 1.75.

2. Gold Pin Bar Grinder (gold, buys only, 5-minute chart): +7.1% from 4 trades, 75% of them winners. Live for 7 weeks: +3.5% from 48 trades, profit factor 1.06.

3. Nasdaq Parabolic SAR Flip Grinder (USTEC, buys only, 1-hour chart): +4.7% from 3 trades, 67% of them winners. Live for 3 weeks: +0.4% from 9 trades, profit factor 1.04.

4. Gold Heikin Ashi Reversal Reaper (gold, buys only, 1-hour chart): +3.9% from 4 trades, 50% of them winners. Live for 7 weeks: +6.8% from 24 trades, profit factor 1.22.

5. Gold Pin Bar Reaper (gold, buys only, 15-minute chart): +3.8% from 7 trades, 86% of them winners. Live for 7 weeks: +11.7% from 62 trades, profit factor 1.23.

6. Nasdaq Pin Bar Reaper (USTEC, buys only, 15-minute chart): +3.0% from 3 trades, 100% of them winners. Live for 7 weeks: +6.1% from 31 trades, profit factor 1.71.

7. Gold Parabolic SAR Flip Hunter (gold, buys only, 15-minute chart): +2.8% from 3 trades, 67% of them winners. Live for 8 weeks: +17.8% from 40 trades, profit factor 1.39.

8. S&P 500 Williams %R Reaper (US500, buys only, 30-minute chart): +2.4% from 3 trades, 67% of them winners. Live for 7 weeks: +0.3% from 45 trades, profit factor 1.01.

9. Nasdaq Pin Bar Longshot (USTEC, buys only, 30-minute chart): +2.4% from 3 trades, 67% of them winners. Live for 7 weeks: +4.9% from 26 trades, profit factor 1.64.

10. DAX Donchian Breakout Hunter (GER40, buys only, 15-minute chart): +2.3% from 4 trades, 75% of them winners. Live for 7 weeks: +4.4% from 55 trades, profit factor 1.19.

How these are measured

Every figure is a live result on a 2,000 demo account under real market conditions, after costs, with the strategy's own fixed lot size. Returns are a percentage of that account. To make this list an automation needs at least 3 closed trades in the period and a positive result. No backtest figure is used anywhere in this report. An automation is only called proven after 12 weeks of live testing.

Important

These are past results of live testing on a demo account, and past results are not a guide to future results. Any automation can stop working, and losses can be fast. Trading leveraged products such as CFDs carries a high risk of losing money. This report is information, not advice or a recommendation to trade.