Dan’s right that prop firm EAs need to survive multiple market regimes – I’ve blown through plenty of single-strategy bots during regime shifts. What I’ve found works better is having modular systems that switch tools based on conditions; I’ve been backtesting Ratio X Toolbox on MT5 for the last few months and the multi-EA approach actually keeps drawdown more consistent across different volatility cycles than trying to optimize one bot for everything. If you’re systematic about this stuff, having specialized EAs for gold, breakouts, and ranging markets beats chasing the next “killer” EA every quarter.
Dan’s right that prop firm EAs need to survive multiple market regimes – I’ve blown through plenty of single-strategy bots during regime shifts. What I’ve found works better is having modular systems that switch tools based on conditions; I’ve been backtesting Ratio X Toolbox on MT5 for the last few months and the multi-EA approach actually keeps drawdown more consistent across different volatility cycles than trying to optimize one bot for everything. If you’re systematic about this stuff, having specialized EAs for gold, breakouts, and ranging markets beats chasing the next “killer” EA every quarter.