The first impression it had on my mind was like- “omg lolz! What a boring name because there is no one on the Wall Street who trades Forex”. And I was a lot more than harsh about the fact that it was “uninspired”. It seemed to be another scalper of the Asian session and I thought “there is possibility that this may be just a copy of an existing scalper or something like that”. But I have to admit that after inspection, my mind changed drastically because this does a lot more than Asian session scalping. And this is because the trades were not only limited during the Asian session, but they were open around clock in the forward tests. Now it is difficult to believe that it is a unique scalper which trades 24/5 as the numbers of such scalpers are very limited. So my first thought was that it is a scam. And I have seen many sellers who finally get caught with fake statement and results. Therefore to be sure about this one, I requested for a Wall Street Forex Robot review copy to the developer. And to my surprise, with a prompt replay they responded to my request.
So this review about the robot is the clear indication that it is not a scam in any way, because if it was, I will not proceed with this article. After inspection I found that it is an original scalper which trades several currency pairs around the clock and still manage to make a nice profit out of it. It runs of five currency pairs which are- EURUSD, USDCHF, USDJPY, GBPUSD and USDCAD in a lesser extent. But in their manual they did not mentioned about the fifth pairs but I learned if from the author. Like most other scalpers it also runs on M15 timeframe.
Strategy
So the key facts about this Wall Street Forex Robot are that- it’s a scalper that runs on M15 time frame and trades 24/5. Recommended currency pairs for this scalper are the EURUSD, USDJPY, USDCHF, GBPUSD and USDCAD which is actually not mentioned in their manual.
People may find the “supported pairs” topic a little confusing as there are some irregularities present there. For example at the beginning they have mentioned about the three currency pairs (EURUSD, GBPUSD and USDJPY) but stay silent about other two. At the end of that, they also mentioned about USDCHF. You can also find if in their backtests as well as in the live forward test performed by them.
So let’s talk about few other things that everyone needs to know. And I will also try to be brief about it. The configuration of the SL & TP can be set manually for each pair but it is better not to do it. The reason behind is that, it has an auto-update options which enable the EA to update the settings from the server after authentication. There are also options for configuring the preset values. The stop loss setting is also different for example 120 pips for EURUSD and GBPUSD or 160 for USDCHF. The TP is usually 25 pips but in case of USDCAD it is 14 and 50 in case of GBPUSD. The EA rarely hit the stop loss. And this is probably because it can sense when the SL is going to be hit and stop the trades before that. So it is a sensible scalper that can read the market direction. Average ratio for the win: loss is 1:2.75 for this scalper. It also has the early take profit ability just before it hit the TP target. So it took as many pips from the market as available to give.
This EA has a rather simple strategy. It determines the entry signals with few indicators shipped with Metatrader. It is surely creative that is rare in other scalpers. I have also noticed that it has used loops for opening/closing orders repeatedly which is surely an indication that it has some experience with automated live trading. You can also see by checking the order sending of this EA. On several occasions we have found that it produces problems when an EA runs on multiple pairs with same DLL. But surprisingly here this problem is not present. And running multiple pairs with same DLL is a lot safer.
The average trades are about 3.5 per day but if you run it on all five currency pairs that it will be around 5 per day. So from this point of view this is actually a frequent trading EA. For that reason there is no GMT setting and this allow you to trade round the clock. So Wall Street Forex is better in this case.
During trading it can’t open more than one trade at once so it is compliant with NFA rules. It also does not go against the FIFO and hedging. But don’t open it with other EAs that trade the same pairs on an account, because then one of the EAs will fail to open trades because of the NFA restrictions. So you should take care about this matter.
Website
I am going to be rough this time. It may be heard to listen but, I am sorry because I can’t like the Wall Street Forex website. It is because it is not a genuine attempt. It is more like a mixture of ordinary marketing staffs with colourful fonts and sizes. But I am not blind and probably it is the reason why I thought it was a scam at the beginning of this article.
But be patient because there are also some interesting things in this website too. There are several backtests with 1999-2011. Actually there are four of them and all of them were performed with a low starting balance and large lot size. The balance curve is also interesting. There are some ascending steep as well as some large drawdowns. Another interesting thing is that a live Alpari account is also present which is running since December 2010. You could see three Alpari demos in this website but, actually there is no difference between them except they started on different dates. But all these accounts are stamped and verified independently by the myfxbook. There is also HTML abominations encompassing the scrolling account statement in a graphic frame and it is displayed with a large screen. If you scroll down further, then there are also live results. So this website has a lot of things and all of them are important to understand this EA. And it is not possible to get directions without them. So here is the myfxbook widget from this website:
At the top of the page they have mentioned that only 200 copies of this product will be available for sell. But like other marketing stuffs, it is also difficult to believe. However, it is not wise to just let go this product because the marketing style is bad. This product is otherwise good and there is no reason why you should dismiss it. And who knows you may like their marketing strategies because your opinion and taste must be different than me.
I almost forgot to tell an important news which is mentioned on their website and it is that the EA is now available for MT5. So this means if you buy the MT4 version, then you are also gaining access to the MT5 version. And you can download it from the member’s area.
Parameters
There are several parameters but most important of them that are required to be set is the AutoMM. Actually it is the risk lot setting and if you fail to configure this parameter, then there is a possibility that you will end up trading with a constant lot size of 0.1. For my forward test I feel comfortable with AutoMM set to 3. But I also know that there are lot of people who will make it 5. And if you are not going to trade with fixed lots, it is better to change the default lot size (which is 0.1) according to your desire.
You will also find a Recovery Mode parameter which is said to help gaining higher profit, but I strongly suggest against it. It is because at the same time it will increase the drawdown rate. And if you read the manual you will find that they are also saying the same thing. Another parameter is also there to limit the risk per trade. By default it is set to 20 and I think it is better not to touch because of safety reason.
A StealthMode parameter is also present in this Wallstreet Robot. While some may think it useful in case of a misbehaving broker, I suggest that you should disable it before trading. It is because recently I have found several cases of heavy losses because of similar setting (but the EA was different).
Now the pair parameters are changeable. But it depends completely upon the user. Any user can use the default pair settings or can change it. All of them including the stop loss take profit target, secure profit and secure profit trigger can be changeable. But it also means that you have to spend a lot of time in front of the CPU for such optimizations.
The user manual is very descriptive and there is discussion about all the parameters. And there is also a full chapter about the money management. You can find all the explanation and tips about how to configure the parameters correctly. Here I want you to remember that, each currency pair has some inherent risk. Therefore when you are running multiple pairs at a time, the drawdown is usually smoothed out. But sometimes you may face combined drawdowns too. So let’s back to the manual, there is also a page about the back tests. But I didn’t take it into account and proceed with my own backtests. Well it is mostly because of the history center data. Surprisingly there are some sensible broker advice and no affiliate links available in the manual which is quite unexpected.
There is also a HUD which is almost like the Kangaroo EA. It displays limited information including the trade lots, current spread and the trade status. The authentication result is also shown in this chart.
Backtesting
I ran 1999-2011 history center data backtests with average spread for each of the pair:
- EURUSD: 2.0 pips
- GBPUSD: 2.0 pips
- USDJPY: 2.0 pips
- USDCHF: 2.5 pips
- USDCAD: 3.0 pips
So for the ECN broker account the spreads will be lower and surely it will positively affect the performance of this EA. This also indirectly express that fixed spread broker where the spreads are higher, it is not a good idea to run Wall Street Forex Robot in these account.
My backtests were performed on history center data with default settings. But in case of AutoMM it was set to 3. For all the backtests and FXT file creation I have used the GO Market terminal.
Conclusion
If you ask my personal opinion about Wall Street Forex Robot, I will say I like it. Well, probably you already have a clue about it because I would not have written a review otherwise. Although there are some higher drawbacks, bad marketing style and also a steep price of $479, still it is the fact that it is licensed to run on three live accounts and there is also an MT5 version- that what attracts me. And not to mentioned that the price is rather cheap when all of these are considered together. But still it is not a cheap product. And I believe this product has come to stay in the market for long time. This is because if someone starts with $1000 with risk set to 3, it requires almost half a year to earn what he has invested during purchase. We can also assume that, this EA is asking larger account sizes at the same time.
I have already mentioned earlier that, this is the only scalper that is not limited to any particular trading session. It opens positions whenever possible and is a profitable scalper. So I think somehow it justifies the high price for this reason. The forward test that is available in their webpage is almost similar with my backtest results. From every point of view I find it promising. There is also a 60 day refund policy if it does not satisfy you with the profit.
Edit 25.05.2010: An exciting offer is available for a limited time period. A single license version is available for only $299 which runs on a single live account. And like I mentioned earlier, the price of the full version has increased and it is now $599. So with a half price you can have this. Therefore you should not miss this opportunity to purchase this Wall Street Forex Robot Single license.