@sagera
In my opinion 0.01 lot/$10k is the highest risk setting for any Martingale to survive long term, so the mentioned $500 deposit is destined to crash.
The "only" problems with $10k deposit is that the yearly profit % is very small for the risk taken.
2012 seems to be a smooth sailing year for almost any setting, however, 2013 is very "rocky", so whoever is doing backtests I suggest starting with this difficult year of 2013 (at least that is what I am doing).
In my opinion 0.01 lot/$10k is the highest risk setting for any Martingale to survive long term, so the mentioned $500 deposit is destined to crash.
The "only" problems with $10k deposit is that the yearly profit % is very small for the risk taken.
2012 seems to be a smooth sailing year for almost any setting, however, 2013 is very "rocky", so whoever is doing backtests I suggest starting with this difficult year of 2013 (at least that is what I am doing).