Lessons
Our notebook · Lesson 17

Live paper results

Paper trading means fake money on real prices. Four bots run side by side. Each has its own $10,000 paper account.

BotHow it decides
FVGA gap on 1-hour candles, in the direction of the daily trend.
FVG-4hThe same rule, but the trend comes from 4-hour candles.
LondonMarks the Asian range from 5:45 AM to 12:45 PM Kathmandu time (Tokyo session). Trades the first break until 5:45 PM (London session).
AIA team of AI agents gives Buy, Sell or Hold once a day at 12:15 PM Kathmandu time (Tokyo session), and again after big news.

The London breakout, drawn

London is the only bot here that trades a break of a range. It closes at 1:45 AM Kathmandu time (New York session) if nothing was hit.

Asian range (Tokyo session)Break window (London session)Entry: BUY at range highStop: range low, −1RTarget: +2Rfirst breaktarget hit5:45 AM12:45 PM5:45 PM
A breakout that works. The first break of the Asian range is bought, with the stop at the other side of the range and a target of 2R.Teaching diagram, not real market data
Asian range (Tokyo session)Break window (London session)Entry: BUY at range highStop: range low, −1RTarget: +2Rlooks like a break…turned back: stop hit5:45 AM12:45 PM5:45 PM
A fake breakout, the enemy of this method. Price breaks out, then turns back and hits the stop. This costs 1R.Teaching diagram, not real market data

The results

BotClosed tradesWinsClosed P/LOpen trades P/LTotal
FVG-4h43+$167.15None open+$167.15
FVG64+$87.02None open+$87.02
AI31+$48.753 open: −$75.86−$27.11
London30−$109.022 open: +$28.70−$80.32
All ($40,000 paper)168+$193.90−$47.16+$146.74

One trade can close in two parts: half at +1R, then the rest. We count that as one trade here. It is a win if the two parts together made money.

Quick check

A bot has won 3 of its first 4 trades. What does it prove?

FVG and FVG-4h both made money. Why is that not two separate proofs?