Mako Research & Strategy Articles
Deep dives into prop-firm survival engineering, smart money execution mechanics, and multi-symbol volatility architectures. Click any article to read the full breakdown.
How to Protect Prop Firm Accounts from the 5% Max Daily Loss Rule
Why 85% of failed FTMO, FundedNext, and Apex challenges happen due to overnight equity reset calculation discrepancies — and how an automated emergency liquidator prevents violation.
Decoding Institutional Order Flow: Cumulative Delta vs. Price Divergence
Learn how tick aggression and volume absorption pinpoint when smart money is absorbing retail stop runs at previous session highs and lows.
Mechanics of the ICT Silver Bullet Model: AM vs. PM Windows
A quantitative breakdown of the 10:00 to 11:00 AM EST Fair Value Gap liquidity sweep strategy and why consequent encroachment (50% CE) delivers optimal risk-to-reward.
Algorithmic Portfolio Construction: Running Multiple Correlated EAs
How pairing mean-reverting night scalpers with high-momentum opening breakout algorithms smooths your equity curve across choppy market regimes.
Why Does MQL5 Market Charge $30 Minimum For Basic Indicators?
Uncovering the structural economics of the MQL5 Market floor price and how the modern all-access subscription model solves developer and trader friction.
How to Fix MetaTrader 5 Error 4014 (ERR_FUNCTION_NOT_ALLOWED) and WebRequest Issues
Step-by-step diagnostic fix for MetaTrader 5 error 4014 and 4060 when Expert Advisors fail to verify licenses or communicate with remote APIs.
Gold (XAUUSD) Lot Sizing Explained: Pips, Points, and Contract Sizes in MT5
Why beginner traders blow accounts trading Gold and how to accurately calculate contract units, pip values, and maximum risk on XAUUSD in MetaTrader 5.
Fair Value Gap (FVG) Trading in MT5: Consequent Encroachment and True Invalidation
How institutional algorithms deliver price through 3-candle imbalances and the mathematical criteria for valid FVG mitigation versus complete structure failure.
Overcoming Trader Tilt and Revenge Trading: The Amygdala Hijack in Drawdown
The neuroscience behind why losing trades trigger aggressive oversize positions and how systematic software circuit breakers preserve trader capital.
Apex Trader Funding vs. FTMO: Intraday Trailing Equity vs. Balance Drawdown
A side-by-side mathematical breakdown of how Apex's tick-by-tick trailing drawdown works compared to FTMO's static midnight balance reset.
How to Backtest MT5 Expert Advisors With 99.9% Real Tick Modeling Quality
Eliminate curve-fitting and unrealistic backtest curves. How to use MT5 Strategy Tester with real tick data, variable spread, and execution delay simulation.
MQL5 vs. Python for Algorithmic Trading: Speed, Execution, and API Integration
Comparing native MQL5 compiled execution against external Python MT5 sockets for high-frequency scalping, machine learning, and institutional risk management.