CFD Costs are killing me.. is it better with real futures contracts?

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03/02/2026 at 6:39 PM #258613 quote

jebus89
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i cant seem to algotrade on any of the MES or ES or any other instrument i try? What am i doing wrong here? Something wrong with my account or whats the deal..

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03/02/2026 at 6:57 PM #258616 quote

jebus89
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Okay i was approved for PRT to trade futures but not in IBKR, i am now approved but still same error pops up but im guessing its going to take a day or smthn before the data has been updated with prorealtime.. lets see if im able to do hit “start trading” tomorrow haha…

i have now optimized my algo for futuresmarked, had to readjust some of my variables, i dont like doing it because the “OG” code has been running for many years now on CFD, but ive changed the variables just slightly and its now looking pretty decent for futures marked also

Thats the Before (light blue) and after (dark blue)

Fingers crossed i havnt completly overfit and facked myself going forward ……

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03/03/2026 at 11:12 AM #258642 quote

dipont
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It seems like a buy-and-hold strategy… it’s not suitable for CFDs or futures at all. What you need is monthly investments in QQQ or SPY.

03/03/2026 at 12:50 PM #258652 quote

jebus89
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Its not buy and hold and it beats buy and hold by far when comparing max drawdown vs profits.. Not sure how even looking at the graph you can say “Its buy and hold”

Its around 50% winrate and 2.2 in profit/loss ratio for 1h US500

03/03/2026 at 2:35 PM #258666 quote

Snålänningen
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jebus89 wrote: Its not buy and hold and it beats buy and hold by far when comparing max drawdown vs profits.. Not sure how even looking at the graph you can say “Its buy and hold” Its around 50% winrate and 2.2 in profit/loss ratio for 1h US500
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