First Forward Test is LIVE in the 100 -1M Automated Trading Challenge… and it’s a losing strategy.

After testing and struggling to find a solid winning system, I did something different. I launched a losing strategy on purpose.

Instead of chasing perfection, I asked a better question: what if the edge exists, just in the wrong direction?

A strategy that consistently loses money isn’t random. It’s doing something consistently wrong. And consistency means there could be an edge there.

So instead of trying to fix it, I decided to reverse it.

The original system is based on order blocks, liquidity sweeps, market structure shifts, and session-based trading around London and New York.

On paper it sounds smart, but the numbers tell the truth.

Backtest results showed 153 trades, a 36.6% win rate, a profit factor of 0.45, a net loss of -£355, and drawdown just under 20%.

In simple terms, it loses money consistently. Which makes it a perfect candidate.

So I flipped it.

Buy becomes sell. Sell becomes buy. No optimisation. No curve fitting.

The reversed results changed completely: profit factor above 2.0, win rate above 60%, over 150 trades, and drawdown still around 19%.

It now passes my full checklist: profit factor above 1.5, drawdown under 20%, win rate above 50%, over 100 trades, and a clean equity curve when reversed.

That’s enough to move it out of theory and into reality.

I’ve now launched this as the first forward test in the 100 to 1M challenge.

The setup is simple and fully automated. Demo account one runs the original losing EA. Demo account two copies the trades in reverse using a trade copier. No manual intervention.

I’ve also recorded a full video walkthrough showing exactly what I’ve done and how it works.

This is now live.

You can watch the video walkthrough below…