Backtesting

USD/JPY — H1

A.V. MAGIC 4.76.18 · Long only · 5 May 2003 → 1 Aug 2025 · 22.24 years

Fixed-size test · 0.01 lots · $10,000 initial deposit

325 Trades
1.74 Profit factor
52.31% Win rate
8.67 Return / drawdown
6.56% Maximum drawdown
2.91% CAGR

Cumulative return

0%20%40%60%80%200320072012201620212025USD/JPY — Cumulative return+88.1%

Cumulative return on the $10,000 test account, rebuilt from the report's own trade-by-trade record.

Drawdown

-6%-4%-2%0%200320072012201620212025USD/JPY — Drawdown-6.6%

How far the account sat below its own previous high at every point in the test. The deepest point is the maximum drawdown — rebuilt here from the trade record, and it matches the 6.56% the report states.

Return by year

2003: -2.0%2004: -2.4%2005: +5.8%2006: +1.8%2007: +5.0%2008: +3.2%2009: +0.2%2010: -0.2%2011: -0.7%2012: -1.1%2013: +8.3%2014: +3.4%2015: -0.8%2016: +15.8%2017: +0.1%2018: +2.5%2019: +6.4%2020: -3.9%2021: +0.1%2022: +5.0%2023: +8.8%2024: +10.7%2025: +0.5%-5%0%5%10%15%20%2003200720112015201920232025USD/JPY — Return by year

Compounded return for each calendar year of the test.

Month by month

180Months traded
55.6% Profitable months — 100 of 180
16/23Profitable years
Monthly return as a percentage of account equity at the start of that month.
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
2003+0.5+1.0-0.4-0.2-3.0-2.0
2004-1.0+0.9-0.5-1.0-0.4-0.5-2.4
2005+2.3+1.5-0.6-1.0+0.1+2.4-0.3+1.2+0.9-0.7+5.8
2006+0.5-0.5-0.6-0.0+1.4-1.4+2.5+1.8
2007+0.2+0.3+5.6-1.5+0.8-1.0+0.6+5.0
2008+0.2+1.9+0.2+1.6-0.6+0.5-0.9+0.8-0.4-0.1+3.2
2009-0.1-0.9+0.2-2.0+2.3+2.1-1.8+0.4+0.2
2010+1.4-0.4+1.8-0.9-0.2-0.9-0.9-0.2
2011+1.6+0.7-0.9-1.5+1.8-1.8-0.5-0.7
2012+1.0-0.9+0.1-2.6+1.8-0.9-0.9+2.3-0.9-1.1
2013-1.0+5.0+3.9+0.1-1.5+1.0+1.0-2.6+2.3+8.3
2014-2.1+1.8-1.7+0.6-0.6+0.3+4.3+0.6+0.8-0.3+3.4
2015-0.8+0.3+0.9+1.1-0.8-0.8+0.3-0.2-0.8-0.8
2016+0.7+4.1+1.6-0.8+5.1+1.0+3.3+15.8
2017+0.9+1.5-0.7-0.2-1.3+0.1
2018-0.7+2.3+0.7+1.4-0.5-0.7+2.5
2019+0.5+2.3+0.6+2.5-1.4-0.2-0.3+2.3+6.4
2020+0.4-1.4-0.7+0.0-0.7-0.7-0.7+0.0-1.0+0.6-3.9
2021-1.4+0.1+0.3+1.4+0.1-0.3-0.5+0.4+0.1
2022+2.3-0.1+1.9+0.2-1.2+2.2-0.1+0.5-0.6+5.0
2023+1.9+1.5+2.4+2.1+0.7-0.1+0.2-0.2+8.8
2024+1.0+0.3+0.2+1.4+0.5+2.1+2.2+0.3+2.2+10.7
2025-1.1-0.1+0.6+1.4+0.3-0.6+0.5

Trade composition

  • Winning vs losing trades

    170 wins(52.3%)155 losses

  • Gross profit vs gross loss

    $20,782 won(63.5%)$11,970 lost

  • Average win vs average loss

    $122.25 per win(61.3%)$77.22 per loss

  • Longest winning vs losing streak

    9 wins in a row(60.0%)6 losses in a row

How the result breaks down across every trade in the test.

Fixed-size test · 0.01 lots · $10,000 initial deposit

Statistics

Wins / losses ratio
1.10
Payout ratio
1.58
Expectancy
$27.11
Standard deviation
$135.24
Market exposure
0.91%
Average bars in trade
10.27
AHPR
3.83
Z-score
0.48
Z-probability
31.56%
Longest stagnation
1,114 d
Stagnation
13.79%

Trades

Winning trades
170
Losing trades
155
Gross profit
$20,782.02
Gross loss
$11,969.68
Average win
$122.25
Average loss
$77.22
Largest win
$650.27
Largest loss
-$116.73
Longest winning streak
9
Longest losing streak
6
Average bars in wins
12.97
Average bars in losses
7.30

Headline metrics

Net profit
$8,812.34
Total return
+88.1%
Sharpe ratio
0.73
Average trade
$27.11
Average yearly profit
$400.55
Average yearly return
4.01%
Maximum drawdown
$1,016.46
Annual return / max drawdown
0.44
R expectancy
0.35
Strategy quality number
2.00
SQN score
0.21
Profit in ticks
4,082

Source document

USDJPY BUY H1 A.V. MAGIC 4.76.18.pdf

PDF · 22 pages · 324 KB

The source report also contains breakdown charts (profit by hour, by weekday, long versus short, by trade duration) and the trade-by-trade list.

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Simulated results. These figures come from historical backtests, not live trading. Backtested performance is hypothetical, benefits from hindsight, and is not a reliable indicator of future results.

Our live, independently verified track record is on the results page.