Automation rankings: the top 10 for the week to Sunday 18 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 2,697 of them live right now. These are the 10 with the best live results in the week to Sunday 18 October.

Dow Fair Value Gap Hunter led with +10.8% from 4 trades.

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The top 10

1. Dow Fair Value Gap Hunter (US30, buys only, 5-minute chart): +10.8% from 4 trades, 100% of them winners. Live for 2 weeks: +7.2% from 5 trades, profit factor 3.02.

2. Nasdaq Heikin Ashi Reversal Grinder (USTEC, buys and sells, 4-hour chart): +9.6% from 5 trades, 80% of them winners. Live for 2 weeks: +9.2% from 7 trades, profit factor 3.97.

3. Dow Fair Value Gap Grinder (US30, buys only, 1-hour chart): +8.0% from 3 trades, 100% of them winners. Live for 2 weeks: +4.0% from 5 trades, profit factor 1.83.

4. Gold Parabolic SAR Flip Grinder (gold, buys only, 5-minute chart): +7.5% from 5 trades, 80% of them winners. Live for 4 weeks: +3.5% from 21 trades, profit factor 1.24.

5. Nasdaq Williams %R Longshot (USTEC, buys and sells, 1-hour chart): +7.2% from 3 trades, 67% of them winners. Down from 1st last week. Live for 2 weeks: +25.7% from 6 trades, profit factor 11.72.

6. DAX Parabolic SAR Flip Grinder (GER40, buys only, 5-minute chart): +7.2% from 4 trades, 100% of them winners. Live for 3 weeks: +4.4% from 5 trades, profit factor 2.62.

7. Gold Fair Value Gap Hunter (gold, buys and sells, 15-minute chart): +7.0% from 3 trades, 67% of them winners. Live for 1 week: +7.0% from 3 trades, profit factor 3.61.

8. DAX MACD Cross Grinder (GER40, buys only, 5-minute chart): +6.5% from 6 trades, 83% of them winners. Live for 3 weeks: +4.2% from 7 trades, profit factor 2.15.

9. Nasdaq Opening Range Breakout Sniper (USTEC, buys and sells): +6.1% from 4 trades, 75% of them winners. Live for 2 weeks: +4.6% from 8 trades, profit factor 1.74.

10. DAX Fair Value Gap Hunter (GER40, buys only, 15-minute chart): +5.7% from 3 trades, 67% of them winners. Live for 2 weeks: +7.4% from 4 trades, profit factor 3.14.

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.