Scalping bots live and die on frictions retail traders ignore. Two pip target with three pip average spread is math against you, not a strategy.
Checklist
- Spread model in backtest — Re-run with double spread; does equity collapse?
- Commission per lot — ECN accounts add up on high trade count.
- Session filter — Does it trade through Asian lull on EURUSD?
- Max positions — Martingale scalpers blow accounts faster than swing grids.
- VPS location — Latency to broker matters for tick scalpers; less for M5 close-based logic.
- Demo video on real ticks — Not a cherry-picked still image.
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