A 4-EA Portfolio: 7 Years of MT5 Backtesting

A 4-EA Portfolio — 7 Years of Real MT5 Testing

A common mistake when choosing EAs is "concentrating all your capital in a single EA." No matter how good an EA is, when the market conditions that its currency pair and strategy struggle with arrive, it will temporarily sink significantly. With only one EA, people tend to stop trading during exactly that period.

The solution is to diversify across multiple EAs with low correlation (portfolio trading). In this article, we publish the figures from a real MT5 backtest that ran four of our tested EAs simultaneously.

Lineup — 4 EAs Across Different Markets and Strategies

The key point is that the pairs and strategies are spread out. Even in market conditions where gold struggles, the AUDCAD/NZDCAD range strategies earn from different price movements. The lineup is built so each EA covers the others' weaknesses.

Real MT5 Backtest Results ($10,000 Each, $40,000 Total, 2018–2024)

Combined performance when $10,000 is allocated to each of the 4 EAs ($40,000 in total) and they are run simultaneously:

Capital grew 5.4x in 7 years. And the maximum drawdown stayed within 22%.

Why a Portfolio Has the Advantage

1. One EA's slump does not dictate the whole portfolio

Even if one EA enters unfavorable market conditions, the other three keep running in different markets. Instead of "betting on one EA," you "own four independent sources of return" — and that makes it possible to keep going, both psychologically and financially.

2. All are verified by long-term real MT5 testing

These four are not just short-term backtest figures. Only EAs whose survival was confirmed in real MT5 backtests were included: 16 years (including out-of-sample) for NZDCAD PEACE, 10 years for AUDCAD, and 7 years for the two gold EAs.

3. Consistency over flashiness

The combined monthly return is about 2.1%. That may look modest next to EAs that advertise "10% per month." However, high-monthly-return EAs inevitably blow up because of leverage. Even 2% a month becomes 5.4x if it continues for 7 years. Surviving and letting compounding work is what maximizes your final capital.

Tips for Running a Portfolio

• Capital allocation: Start with an equal allocation to each EA. Once you are comfortable, you can weight the allocation according to your view of the market.
• Account separation: For averaging-down EAs (AUDCAD/NZDCAD), we recommend running them in a separate account with separate margin.
• VPS: Even running all 4 at once is lightweight. We recommend using a VPS for stable 24-hour operation.

Summary

• Concentrating in one EA is risky. Diversifying across multiple low-correlation EAs is the key to staying in the game.
• Our tested 4-EA portfolio achieved 5.4x capital, a 22% max DD, and a combined annual return of +27.8% over 7 years of real MT5 testing.
• The design favors surviving and letting compounding work over flashy monthly returns. We publish only figures that have been verified by long-term real MT5 testing.

All FXEA365 EAs can be downloaded for free. Start with one, and once you are comfortable, move on to portfolio trading. See for yourself the figures that survive in real testing.