Normal EA review
- Product description
- Seller claims
- Historical backtest
- Equity curve
- Basic settings
Reality Check Format
A proposed structure for reviewing an MT5 Expert Advisor beyond a single curve.
A normal EA review often describes the product, shows a backtest and comments on the equity curve. AntiOverfit proposes a stronger format: original path, synthetic comparison, metric distributions, warnings and scope limitations.
AntiOverfit Reality Check
- Original backtest
- Synthetic market-path comparison
- Metric distributions
- Drawdown behavior across worlds
- Trade count behavior
- Warnings
- Scope limitations
- Decision note
Scorecard Template
EA Reality Check Scorecard
A repeatable minimum structure for a stronger EA review.
IdentityEA Name / Version / Settings
ScopeSymbol / Timeframe / Historical Window
EvidenceSynthetic Worlds / Acceptance Rules
OriginalProfit Factor / Drawdown / Trades
SyntheticMedian PF / DD Distribution
StructureTrade Count Stability
RiskWarnings
ConclusionReality Check Result
LimitScope Limitation
For reviewers
If you review Expert Advisors, this format gives your audience more than another sales-page backtest. It helps answer whether the EA behavior survives when the market path changes.
Use this format before trusting the curve.
Public examples show why the warning layer matters as much as the score.