How we prove our results are real

In trading, the distance between marketing and reality is enormous. Backtests can be curve-fitted, screenshots can be edited in minutes, and "results" can be typed in by hand. The only thing that counts is data a neutral third party reads directly from the broker.

That is exactly how MyFxBook works. The account is connected through a read-only (investor) password: MyFxBook can read the history and the open positions, but it can never place a trade or move money. Several times a day it compares what it sees against the broker's own records. When everything lines up, it grants verification badges. That is the difference between "we say so" and "a third party confirmed it".

A few other independent platforms work on the same read-only principle — for example FX Blue (an independent provider, integrated with many brokers including OANDA) and FX Stat. A link that resolves to one of these independent domains counts as real verification; an image hosted on a seller's own website does not. We explain the buyer's side step by step in our guide on how to verify a trading robot.

MyFxBook can display two distinct badges, and they answer two different questions:

• Track Record Verified — the trading history is authentic broker data, read straight from the account. It confirms the trades, dates and results are real, not typed in by hand. This is the minimum.
• Trading Privileges Verified — the account holder genuinely controls the account, holding the master password rather than just a read-only view. It does not by itself tell live from demo — that is shown by a separate Real/Demo tag on each account — but it proves the track really belongs to whoever claims it.

Together they close the two biggest doors used by fake performance claims: invented numbers, and a track that does not actually belong to the seller. When you look at our profile, check that the accounts carry both badges, and read the Real/Demo tag — and if any robot you are researching elsewhere shows only one, ask why. If you want the full list of warning signs, our copy trading scam red flags page is built for exactly that.

This is the single check most beginners miss, and the one scammers rely on. There are two numbers on any account:

• Balance — the total of closed trades only. It updates when a position is closed.
• Equity — the balance plus the floating profit or loss of every open position. It updates in real time. Equity is the true, current value of the account.

A classic trick is to show a smooth, rising balance curve while the equity sits far below it. That gap is unrealised loss: losing positions held open instead of being cut, in the hope they come back. Imagine a balance of 12,000 with an equity of 8,400 — that is a 3,600 floating loss, about 30% of the account, completely invisible on the balance line. We make the equity visible on purpose, and we treat any presentation that shows balance but hides equity as a red flag by default.

The same logic applies to drawdown: always read the equity drawdown, not just the balance drawdown. The balance drawdown ignores open positions and can dramatically understate how much was really at risk.

On MetaTrader, the History tab lets anyone choose the date range that is shown. A trend-following robot looks brilliant if you only display a trending year; a range trader shines if you only show a quiet one. Sellers select the window that flatters them and quietly drop the bad months. A history that conveniently stops before a stressful period tells you very little.

The real proof is a linked, live account that shows the open positions and the floating P/L right now, not a curated screenshot of the past. There is no legitimate reason to hide open trades on a public statement — hiding them almost always conceals a large floating drawdown. A grid or martingale strategy, for instance, typically shows many open trades in the same direction at different price levels; that is exactly what a curated history is designed to hide.

So when you open our MyFxBook profile or check the numbers in our robots section, look at the live state, the open positions and the full history together. Then make sure the figures match across both. Everything should line up — and nothing requires contacting us first.

It would be too simple to reject every demo on sight. A demo tests the platform and the mechanics — how often the robot trades, how long it holds, what drawdown it produces — and a long, honest demo on a realistic broker still carries some signal. As a rough indication over many months, it is worth something.

What a demo does not reproduce is just as important: there is no real slippage, no requotes, no widening spreads during news, no swaps, and none of the psychological pressure of real money. Across the industry, demo results tend to flatter live results by a wide margin, which is why a strategy can look flawless on demo and behave very differently once real capital is on the line.

Our position is balanced: a long, realistic demo is a reasonable clue, but real money remains the best proof. The cheapest honest test is a tiny live account, because even a micro position introduces genuine execution and slippage. On MyFxBook, telling live from demo is done by reading the Real/Demo tag on each account, while the Trading Privileges Verified badge confirms the holder truly controls it — check both before you read anything into the numbers.

Verification is necessary, but it is not the whole story. A fully verified, live account confirms that the closed-trade history is authentic — faking it would require the broker's complicity. What it does not confirm is that the strategy is safe, that the open trades are disclosed, or that you are not looking at a martingale sitting on a deep floating loss. A 100% verified account can still be a risky one. Always check that a provider links one specific account, not "one of our many verified tracks".

That is why radical transparency only means something if it survives a bad result. So we leave a failed robot on display: one of our accounts fell by roughly −99.87%. It is right there, verified, next to the others. We keep it visible on purpose — a record that only ever shows winners is itself a warning sign, because markets and automated strategies do not work that way.

Verification proves the data is real; it does not promise what comes next. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Anything beyond information happens privately — you are welcome to get in touch with questions, and our legal notice sets out the full disclaimer.