The EA Checklist (Preview): 4 Critical Questions to Ask Before You Trust a Trading Bot – My Trading – 29 May 2025

🤖 A Pretty Backtest Doesn’t Mean It’s Safe

You’ve seen the screenshots:

📈 99% win rates
📈 Flawless equity curves
📈 “Proven strategies” from 2020–2023…

And then what happens in live trading?

Boom.
Drawdown.
Confidence shattered.

Let’s be clear:
Most traders don’t fail because they picked the wrong market —
They fail because they trusted the wrong bot.

This is your warning label.
Here are 4 critical questions every trader should ask before letting an EA touch real money.

✅ EA Reliability: Start With These 4 Questions

1. What Happens After a Loss?

Most EAs dodge this question — and for good reason:
They don’t handle losses well.

Do they:

• Scale up instantly to “recover”?
• Double lot size in desperation?
• Enter another trade without logic?

Or do they:

• Pause
• Adjust with intention
• Stick to a clear recovery framework?

If there’s no calm, controlled loss response,
👉 you’re not trading — you’re gambling with automation.

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2. Is the Stop Loss Based on Logic — or Just a Number?

A 30-pip SL might work on EURUSD.
On gold? That’s just noise.

Smart bots:

• Use candle-based SLs
• Adapt to recent volatility
• Exit based on market structure

If an EA doesn’t explain its stop logic with clarity,
👉 it’s not ready for real conditions.

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3. How Often Does It Trade?

Trade frequency reveals intent.

EAs that fire 5–10 times a day on volatile pairs like XAUUSD aren’t precision tools — they’re just hoping something hits.

One clean setup a day beats 10 random stabs every time.

Reliable bots are patient, selective, and repeatable.

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4. Is Risk Defined — or Based on Hope?

Fixed lot sizes? Compounding volume after wins?
“Dynamic risk” with no logic?

That’s how accounts blow up.

Smart bots define risk like this:

“Each trade risks 1.0–1.5% of the account — no more, no less.”

If your EA can’t explain its risk math in one sentence,
👉 it’s not managing risk — it’s winging it.

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🔓 There’s More — But You’ll Want the Full Checklist

These are just 4 of the 7 key checkpoints I use when evaluating any trading bot — whether I’m testing someone else’s EA or refining my own.

In the full checklist, you’ll uncover:

• The #1 logic flaw that makes gold bots look good… right before they fail
• The emotional red flag most traders miss — until it’s too late
• The SL/TP trap that creates a false sense of control

👉 Get the full EA Checklist here — just drop your email and I’ll send it instantly.

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📥 Inside the Checklist, You’ll Get:

• 7 common logic flaws that break gold bots
• How to tell if your SL/TP system actually makes sense
• The exact checklist I use to audit any EA before going live

Short. Clear. Real-world.
It might save your next account.

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💡 What About My Own Bots?

I don’t build bots to impress in a screenshot.
I build bots to hold up in live markets.

Both DoIt GBP Master and DoIt Gold Guardian are designed using the principles in this checklist:

✅ One trade per day — max
✅ Candle-based trailing stop loss
✅ Controlled risk per trade (defined by %)
✅ Smart volume adjustments after loss — no Martingale, no grid

You can use the checklist to audit any EA you’re considering…
Or you can just start with bots that already pass every test.

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