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Ran Aurelius through NFP week on a raw-spread account. The news filter paused it 30 minutes before the release and it skipped the spike completely. Closed the week +3.1% with a max drawdown of 1.4%. First EA I've kept running for more than six months.

A reminder about win rate: Sentinel wins only 44% of its trades and is still one of the top-scored EAs here. Judge an EA by profit factor and drawdown, not by how often it wins. A 90% win rate with 1:10 risk-reward is a time bomb.

Biggest lesson from three years of running EAs: don't switch systems during a drawdown. Every EA in the top 10 has had a losing quarter. Decide your stop point before you start, write it down, and stick to it.

ISM Manufacturing tomorrow at 22:00 Cambodia time. If you run gold EAs without a news filter, consider pausing them for that hour.

Passed phase 1 of my prop challenge with Vanguard Swing: +8.6% in 19 days, never closer than 2.4% to the daily loss limit. Phase 2 starts Monday. Any tips for getting through the BoE decision on Thursday?

Compared gold spreads at the London open on three brokers this week: Aurum 11 points, Northgate 16, Kestrel 24. For scalpers that difference is the whole edge. Check Broker Reviews before you open an account.