How many trades do you take every month?

how much backtest need for an strategy that have 3 trades per month????

Pretty few. Would be interested to see some stats on this, I would bet that the more experience a trader has, the fewer trades they take. This August I have zero trades so far.

about 20 if this is the most productive and lucky month

Hello plz help me to update the code this is 2 moving average I want that one two moving averages cross over it take buy and close the trade of sell and it's stop loss also
//========================================
#include <Trade\Trade.mqh>
#include <Trade\PositionInfo.mqh>
CTrade trade;
CPositionInfo m_position;
//============================================================================
//variables to be included in input window
//==============================================================================
int MA_Period1=20;
int MA_Period2=50;
ENUM_TIMEFRAMES timeframe = PERIOD_M5;
int tp1 = 200;
double Lsize = 0.5;
//=====================================================================================
int OnInit()
{
return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
}
void OnDeinit(const int reason)
{
}
int abc;
void OnTick()
{
int total = PositionsTotal();
if (total==0){
static int handleM1 = iMA(_Symbol,timeframe,MA_Period1,0, MODE_EMA, PRICE_CLOSE);
double M1Array[];
CopyBuffer(handleM1,0,0,2,M1Array);
ArraySetAsSeries (M1Array,true);
//====================================================================================
static int handleM2 = iMA(_Symbol,timeframe,MA_Period2,0, MODE_EMA, PRICE_CLOSE);
double M2Array[];
CopyBuffer(handleM2,0,0,2,M2Array);
ArraySetAsSeries (M2Array,true);
//====================================================================================
if ( M1Array[0]> M2Array[0] && M1Array[1] < M2Array[1])
{
double ask= SymbolInfoDouble(_Symbol,SYMBOL_ASK);
double tp= ask + tp1;
double sl= ask - 5;
trade.Buy(Lsize,_Symbol,ask,sl,tp,"this is a buy");
abc=1;
}
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
if (M1Array[0]< M2Array[0] && M1Array[1] > M2Array[1])
{
double bid= SymbolInfoDouble(_Symbol,SYMBOL_ASK);
double tp= bid - tp1;
double sl= bid + 5;
trade.Sell(Lsize,_Symbol,bid,sl,tp,"this is a buy");
abc=2;}
}
if (total>0){
//=======================================================================================
static int handleM3 = iMA(_Symbol,timeframe,MA_Period1,0, MODE_EMA, PRICE_CLOSE);
double M3Array[];
CopyBuffer(handleM3,0,0,2,M3Array);
ArraySetAsSeries (M3Array,true);
//=======================================================================================
static int handleM4 = iMA(_Symbol,timeframe,MA_Period2,0, MODE_EMA, PRICE_CLOSE);
double M4Array[];
CopyBuffer(handleM4,0,0,2,M4Array);
ArraySetAsSeries (M4Array,true);
//=======================================================================================
if (abc==1 && M3Array[0]< M4Array[0]){
CloseAllPositions();
double bid= SymbolInfoDouble(_Symbol,SYMBOL_ASK);
double tp= bid - tp1;
double sl= bid + 5;
trade.Sell(Lsize,_Symbol,bid,sl,tp,"this is a buy");
abc=2;
}
if (abc==2 && M3Array[0] > M4Array[0]){
CloseAllPositions();
double ask= SymbolInfoDouble(_Symbol,SYMBOL_ASK);
double tp= ask + tp1;
double sl= ask - 5;
trade.Buy(Lsize,_Symbol,ask,sl,tp,"this is a buy");
abc=1;
}
}
}
//============================================================================
// closing subroutine.
//=============================================================================
void CloseAllPositions()
{
for(int i=PositionsTotal()-1;i>=0;i--)
{
int ticket=PositionGetTicket(i);
trade.PositionClose(ticket);
Comment("position is closed");
}
}

Atleast 1. If every week there is a setup then 4.

One trade has 5rr and could.be pyramid to 5 trades

As a beginner, I think 2-3 times in a week is enough. As a saying goes in Asian region '知己知彼 百战不殆' (To know yourself and your counterpart, it's nearly impossible to lose the battle.)

am scalper, i use my 15 time frame to take 20, 25 pips a day.
I use my own system , and my confirmation to Enter the Trade.

Depends what time frame we are trading, for me I only trade during EU session to US session and I avoid markets is low volume or ranging as its no point in wasting time.

Sorry discussing something out-topic here, but instead of how many trades you take. Could I ask that if a retail trader could really trade 100lots regularly on some mt4 brokers? Would they easily got hunt on sl or having some slippage problems?
Note: here im including 100lots by accumulating on different price level (e.g 10 seperate 10 lots)

It depends on the credit of the broker you have chosen and also The reputable brokers do not give you high leverages so you will need a big deposite for this.

I understand that, let's assume somebody got a million account and only trading with 20 leverage.
I'm more curious if somebody trading that sizes would 'walk the book' or having some broker stop hunt.
Appreciate for you fast reply.

in this world everything is possible! but it is better to test it with a million account!

I take around 50-60 positions on average per months on the 5minute chart.
And i only trade AUDUSD

I take about 1 trade a day lately so maybe 20-something. In my "prime" I took a lot more, would be closer to 100. This is stocks though, not forex.

Intraday with 3-4 setup per day is enough for me

I use Malaysian snr strat, I get 6-7 trades a month, with more than 10rr in every trade I placed, with 1 trade a return of 6-7% percent per trade.

my system makes about 20 per month.

but personally i make more because i'm trying new things.

On Forex I do on average 10/15 operations per month with an edge ranging from 10 to 20%, it is possible to have a return expectation ranging from 70% to 120% per year risking 2% for each operation.

In stocks I do more trades but I only work on the daily chart. In stocks I do more trades but I only work on the daily chart. The algorithms I created produce an edge of about 20%.

Hey Altopium. That’s a solid approach.
Interesting to see that you’re balancing your currency pairs and stocks with different strategies. Seems like you have fine-tuned your system since you’re getting a 20% edge with your algorithms. I just wanted to know - do you find that the daily charts work better in stocks to keep the consistency?

In my opinion yes.
Intraday in stocks is very difficult, there is a lot of speculation and HFT. A small retail trader like me can only have difficulty.