Does EasyQuantTrading trade on behalf of clients?

No. EasyQuantTrading is a research and delivery OS. Live execution runs on your local account with your own keys. We do not custody funds or provide discretionary trading.

What makes backtests “honest”?

The engine is designed to avoid look-ahead bias and surfaces overfitting risk via honesty checks such as DSR/significance and deployability pipelines — including red-flagging untrustworthy strategies.

Is historical performance a promise of future returns?

No. All research output is for study and risk education. Past metrics are not investment advice and do not guarantee future results.

What membership tiers exist?

Free (research/GA limits), Premium ~$39 (factory algorithms and higher quotas), Diamond ~$99 (deliver/live quotas and full packs). See /legal for terms.

Is paper the same as live fills?

No. Labels stay RESEARCH/PAPER/LIVE. Paper never pretends broker fills.

Why enforce risk gates on fake money?

Because discipline is the skill being trained. If paper has no consequences, you learn nothing about how you behave under loss limits.

How long should I paper trade?

A common rule is 1-3 months or at least 30-50 trades, whichever comes later — and the paper period should include at least one losing streak.

Can risk gates block me from closing?

No. Gates block new entries; closings always stay free so you can exit any position.

What metrics should match between paper and backtest?

Win rate, profit factor, average trade, and drawdown profile. Large drift means the cost model or execution assumptions are wrong.

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Paper trading that still refuses bad risk

Paper trading uses fake money — but that is exactly why risk gates still matter. If your simulated account can blow up without consequence, you learn nothing about discipline. Institutional-style kill switches make paper trading a real rehearsal for live.

Shared risk gate patterns with live paths
Deployable enforce on follow mode
Audit and monthly report scaffolding
Daily loss, drawdown and trade-count kill-switches

Why paper trading needs risk gates

Paper trading tests two things: whether the strategy behaves as backtested, and whether you can follow the process under pressure. If the paper account has no loss limits, the second test is meaningless — you will happily watch a 40% drawdown because it is not real money, and you will learn nothing about the discipline live trading requires.

Risk gates — daily loss limits, drawdown caps, trade-count limits — turn paper trading into a rehearsal where bad behavior has visible consequences. When the gates trip in simulation, you feel the friction you will feel live.

The standard kill-switch set

Daily loss limit: block new entries for the day once losses exceed a threshold (e.g. 2% of equity).
Drawdown cap: halt entries when account drawdown from peak exceeds a hard level.
Trade-count limit: cap the number of trades per day or per week to stop overtrading.
Closings stay free: risk gates block new entries but never prevent you from exiting — you can always close a position.

Paper vs live: what the bridge actually tests

Paper trading cannot reproduce broker fills, slippage or spread widening — those are live realities. What it can test is strategy consistency: do the metrics from the paper period track the backtest? Win rate, profit factor, drawdown profile. Large drift means the cost model or execution assumptions are wrong somewhere.

The honest sequence is: backtest → validate → paper trade with gates → small live → scale. Skipping the gated paper stage turns live trading into the experiment it should never be.

What EasyQuant's paper trading enforces

EasyQuant's paper trading shares risk gate patterns with the live path, so the behavior you rehearse in simulation matches the limits live trading will enforce. Deployable strategies enforce gates in follow mode, and audit scaffolding records the whole history for monthly reviews. Labels stay honest throughout: RESEARCH, PAPER, LIVE — paper never pretends to be broker fills.

Open paper trading Live (local MT5) gates

FAQ

Is paper the same as live fills?: No. Labels stay RESEARCH/PAPER/LIVE. Paper never pretends broker fills.
Why enforce risk gates on fake money?: Because discipline is the skill being trained. If paper has no consequences, you learn nothing about how you behave under loss limits.
How long should I paper trade?: A common rule is 1-3 months or at least 30-50 trades, whichever comes later — and the paper period should include at least one losing streak.
Can risk gates block me from closing?: No. Gates block new entries; closings always stay free so you can exit any position.
What metrics should match between paper and backtest?: Win rate, profit factor, average trade, and drawdown profile. Large drift means the cost model or execution assumptions are wrong.

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Not investment advice. Historical results do not guarantee future performance. EasyQuant is a research factory — you execute on accounts you control.