Grid and martingale: honest experiences, good and bad

Grid systems place orders at fixed intervals; martingale doubles size after losses. Both can print steady small profits for months and then lose everything in one trend. The marketing never mentions the ending.

Grid and martingale: honest experiences, good and bad — trend versus range diagram
A trending market compared with a ranging one

Have you run one?

  • the system and how long it worked
  • the account-ending trade, if it came
  • what you'd tell someone considering one now
Grid and martingale: honest experiences, good and bad — moving average crossover diagram
A fast moving average crossing a slower one

This thread stays civil and factual — describe what happened on your account, and let the numbers speak.

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