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Petko Aleksandrov
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Where Petko Aleksandrov has worked, and the areas of trading they know best.
2017 - Present
Algo Trading Space
2015 - 2017
Independent Trader
2013 - 2015
Trader.bg
Petko Aleksandrov is the visionary founder behind EA Academy and Algo Trading Space. With over a decade of experience in algorithmic trading, he has educated more than 100,000 students across 200+ countries on the fundamentals and advanced strategies of automated trading.
His journey began as a professional Forex trader, where he developed a passion for creating systematic approaches to market analysis. This led him to master Expert Advisor development and backtesting methodologies, eventually creating a comprehensive educational platform that has become one of the most trusted resources in the algorithmic trading community.
Petko's approach combines practical trading experience with rigorous testing methodology. His 100K Project demonstrated real-world EA performance over extended periods, setting new standards for transparency in the industry.
“My mission is to help my team and traders around the world understand and implement algorithmic trading strategies with confidence and transparency.”
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The accounts Petko Aleksandrov trades, read straight from the broker by our Account Tracker: 12 accounts, winners and losers alike, with drawdown coloured by depth. The full table with every figure is below.
Best account · IC Markets · Live
The accounts
Instant Funding · Live accounts at 5 brokers and prop firms.
Risk
Drawdown is an account's deepest fall from a peak. This counts how many accounts fell into each range.
| Strategy ↕ | Type ↕ | Broker ↕ | Deposit ↕ | Balance ↕ | Floating ↕ | Withdrawals ↕ | Gain % ↓ | Abs. gain % ↕ | Monthly % ↕ | Trades ↕ | Days ↕ | Profit Factor ↕ | Max DD % ↕ | Set Files | Track Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Reaper | BreakoutScalper | IC Markets | $10,100.00 | $8,054.78 | $0.00 | $6,000.00 | +64.67% | +39.15% | +7.12% | 233 | 222 days | 1.57 | 28.58% | ||
| Forex Trend Hunter | Martingale | Eightcap | $999.33 | $1,041.43 | -$0.86 | $483.00 | +60.53% | +52.55% | +2.51% | 118 | 581 days | 1.95 | 49.38% | ||
| Risky 3 - Gold Phanthom + Dark Nova | BreakoutGrid | IC Markets | $1,000.00 | $1,459.25 | $0.00 | $0.00 | +45.84% | +45.84% | +29.92% | 110 | 45 days | 1.99 | 35.11% | ||
| Night Forex Bot | Martingale | BlackBull | $1,000.00 | $1,062.48 | -$183.33 | $200.00 | +6.26% | +26.25% | +0.75% | 135 | 249 days | 2.07 | 37.25% | ||
| Range Breakout System | Breakout | IC Markets | $5,000.96 | $5,195.86 | $0.00 | $0.00 | +3.91% | +3.90% | +6.81%short | 32 | 20 days | 1.50 | 6.84% | ||
| Gold Reaper | BreakoutScalper | iFunds | $10,000.00 | $9,767.21 | $0.00 | $487.00 | +2.43% | +2.54% | +2.58%short | 31 | 30 days | 1.75 | 3.29% | ||
| PoundX, NightForexBot | GridMartingale | Xrading | $10,000.00 | $10,344.74 | -$207.80 | $0.00 | +1.48% | +3.44% | +0.19% | 352 | 241 days | 2.29 | 4.18% | ||
| Market Fighter | ScalperMartingale | iFunds | $15,000.00 | $14,513.11 | -$66.09 | $0.00 | -3.71% | -3.38% | -0.46% | 201 | 249 days | 0.69 | 6.60% | ||
| Night Forex Bot | Martingale | iFunds | $15,000.00 | $14,200.22 | -$105.69 | $0.00 | -6.02% | -5.34% | -0.76% | 430 | 249 days | 0.69 | 8.78% | ||
| Risky 5 - WallStreet Recovery Pro + Happy Crude Oil | GridMartingale | IC Markets | $1,000.00 | $1,468.03 | -$389.64 | $0.00 | -27.44% | +46.80% | -28.00%short | 30 | 31 days | 3.89 | 53.43% | ||
| Market Fighter | Martingale | BlackBull | $1,000.00 | $610.72 | -$22.21 | $200.00 | -29.21% | -18.93% | -3.73% | 113 | 277 days | 0.77 | 47.03% | ||
| Risky 1 - Gold Reaper (2nd) | BreakoutScalper | IC Markets | $1,984.00 | $1,004.31 | $0.00 | $1,000.00 | -98.03% | -6.22% | -87.31% | 59 | 50 days | 1.01 | 99.20% | ||
| TOTALS | - | - | $72,084.29 | $68,722.14 | -$975.62 | $8,370.00 | - | - | - | 1,844 | - | 1.31 | - | - | - |
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