Buys indices under pressure, sells before the close
Rip Tide buys stock indices on bad days. It only looks at an index once it has closed below its 200-day average. Then it buys at 03:00 server time and closes by 22:58 the same day, catching the intraday rebounds that stressed markets tend to throw up.
I will be straight with you about this one. On its own the return is modest. That is not what it is for. Its job is to earn in the sell-offs where trend and breakout systems have their worst months, which is why it sits in the portfolio alongside the other three.
How it trades
Long only. It will not touch an index until it has closed below its 200-day average.
Buys at 03:00 server time, latest 12:00. Closes by 22:58. No overnight swap.
Stop loss 1.5 × daily ATR, take profit 3 × ATR.
One trade per index per day across US500, US30, DE40 and UK100. USTEC is added automatically from £15,000.
Skips US market holidays and early closes.
Skips a trade altogether if the broker's minimum lot would risk more than 1%.
No grid. No martingale. A stop loss and a take profit on every trade.
What the backtest shows
MT5 Strategy Tester on IC Markets data, 1 April 2018 to 31 August 2026, £5,000 start, 0.30% risk per trade with 0.75% on US500, 99% history quality.
Net profit: +£1,497 (£5,000 → £6,497)
Return: 3.2% a year
Max drawdown: 8.2% equity · 7.6% balance
Profit factor: 1.21
Trades: 1,591 · long only
Win rate: 53.7%
Best year: +17% in 2019, after the late-2018 sell-off
Correlation with the others: −0.1
Hypothetical results produced by the MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester on historical data. Not live trading. Past performance, simulated or real, is not a reliable indicator of future results.
What to expect
It can go quiet for months while markets climb steadily. It earns most when they fall over. Just over half the trades win, with the average win and the average loss about equal.
By index across the test: US500 +£498, US30 +£483, DE40 +£389, UK100 +£128.
Buy this one as a diversifier rather than as a standalone earner. If you only want one EA, Rip Tide is not the one.
What you need
MetaTrader 5, attached to one US500 H1 chart. It trades all the indices itself.
A hedging or netting account. Symbol names can be changed to match your broker.
Server clock GMT+2 or GMT+3.
Works best as part of a portfolio from £5,000 upwards.
What you get
RipTide_v1.07.ex5
Two set files: one for running it on its own, one for the portfolio risk setting
The summary sheet and the full manual
Free updates, plus email support from me
Trading carries risk and you can lose money. Test on a demo account first. Only trade with money you can afford to lose.
