TradeGenius YouTube strategies (TradeGenius): tested
What it claims
The videos present scalping and indicator strategies, mostly on 1- to 15-minute charts, as simple and profitable. One states a four-condition setup that won 84% of 100 trades at a 1:2 target.
What we tested
We scanned 756 videos; 714 used a method we had already tested. We re-ran 10 of those on 30-minute bars for 8 markets and tested 10 public indicators not covered before on daily, 4-hour and 30-minute bars: 64 versions, mostly with a 2R target.
After costs the average was -0.157R per trade, and on 30-minute bars, the short timeframe the channel favours, -0.217R. The cost of each trade is about five times larger on 30-minute bars than on daily bars, measured against the risk.
Why
Before costs these rules average close to zero. Moving them to the short charts the videos recommend made things worse, because the trading cost stays the same while the stop and target shrink: the typical cost rose from about 0.025R per trade on daily bars to about 0.14R on 30-minute bars. The one setup published with a figure, 84% winners at 1:2, won 34 to 38% of the time here, just above the 33% needed to break even before costs.
Limits of this test
- Tested on the first 60% of each market's history; the rest is held back for any strategy that passes. Costs use our own spread, slippage and overnight-financing model, not one broker's.
- The 30-minute tests cover January to June 2026.
- 42 videos promote unnamed or closed-source indicators and could not be rebuilt.
Measured results, not advice. We have no commercial link with TradeGenius. If you made this tool and think a figure is wrong, write to corrections@trackedsignals.com; corrections are published within 7 days. How we test.