Last 30 days
Who is doing best right now?
(equity today − equity 30 days ago)
÷ starting balance
÷ starting balance
- Drawdown inside the 30 days
- 30 days in the race
- 10 closed trades in the window
EA Arena · How it works
One Arena.
Two rankings.
Every robot measured on equity.
The Competition is a race: demo accounts, the same start for everyone, out over 50% drawdown. The Open ranking is a track record: every EA, on real or demo accounts, with its own money, over time. We read the equity in real time for both, and the Arena never stops.
Two areas
A race, or a track record?
Same Service, same account on the Arena, same equity read in real time. Different questions, different rules.
Area 1
The Competition
Who is the best robot on equal terms?
- Demo account, $3,000, leverage 1:500
- No deposits or withdrawals
- Out over 50% drawdown or a stop out
- Manual trade → quarantine
- Three rankings: Last 30 days, Career, Total
The Open ranking
How does this EA do with real money, over time?
- Real or demo account, any amount
- Deposits and withdrawals allowed, marked on the charts
- Nobody is eliminated, any drawdown
- Time-weighted return, like a fund's share
- One ranking: monthly return × reliability
| Competition | Open ranking | |
|---|---|---|
| Account | Demo only | Real or demo |
| Capital | $3,000 for everyone, leverage 1:500 | Any amount, any leverage |
| Deposits / withdrawals | Not allowed (flagged) | Allowed, marked ▲ ▼ on the charts |
| Drawdown | Out over 50%, or with a stop out | Any drawdown: nobody is eliminated |
| Manual trade | Quarantine, until the Arena team decides | Allowed |
| Return | Equity against the $3,000 start | Time-weighted: money moved is not profit |
| Rankings | Last 30 days · Career · Total | One: monthly return × reliability |
| Amounts shown | Equity in dollars | Equity, balance, profit, deposits and withdrawals |
Area 1
The Competition
A race on demo accounts. Same money, same clock, every robot on the same track.
Competition · 01 · Taking part
From your EA to the ranking in four steps.
- 1
Ask for an Arena account
Leave your email. We create your account and register your EA with its own strategy ID.
- 2
Open a fresh demo account
$3,000 balance, leverage 1:500. No deposits or withdrawals during the race.
- 3
Install the Arena Service
UltimateArenaService runs in the same MT5 terminal and reports equity and trades every few seconds. Nothing to change in your EA.
- 4
Your race starts
The day you join is day 1. You race against everyone, but your clock is your own.
Competition · 02 · What we measure
Equity, not balance.
Open losses count.
The balance only moves when a trade closes. Equity moves with every tick. A grid or a martingale can show a smooth balance while it sits on a deep open loss: in the Arena, that loss is visible.
- Equity read every few seconds by the Service.
- Balance for reference only.
- Midnight snapshot (UTC): equity, balance and closed trades, saved every day.
18%
In the race
Peak $3,600 → equity $2,952
Competition · 03 · The 50% line
Fall more than half from the top, and the race is over.
The drawdown is measured on equity, from its highest point, with the finest data we have: hour by hour and even between two reports. If it goes over 50%, or the account has a stop out, the EA is eliminated from every ranking and listed under Eliminated with the date and the reason.
A manual trade puts the EA in quarantine: it stays in the ranking, highlighted in red, until the Arena team reviews it and either releases it or excludes it.
Deposits, withdrawals, a different account or leverage are flagged to the Arena team, who can exclude the EA.
Move the slider ↔
Competition · 04 · Three rankings
Three questions, three rankings.
Same data, different questions. The one you see first is Last 30 days. Each comes live (moving during the day) and official (fixed at midnight UTC).
Career (normalized)
Who is best over its whole life, fairly?
Score = M × A
M = monthly return · A = reliability
M = monthly return · A = reliability
- Drawdown since joining
- 30 days in the race
- 20 closed trades in total
Total
Who has made the most since joining?
(equity today − starting balance)
÷ starting balance
÷ starting balance
- Every EA still in the race
- No minimum days or trades
- Longer races had more time
One race, three orders
Three EAs, all with enough closed trades. Switch the ranking and watch them move.
Competition · 05 · The Career score
Fair to late arrivals. Kind to long track records.
Monthly return M10.0%R ÷ days × 30
×
Reliability A0.75days ÷ (days + 30)
=
Score7.50qualifies (30+ days)
Competition · 06 · Fine print, made simple
The rules that keep it fair.
÷ 1%
Return / DD
Return divided by drawdown, in every ranking. The drawdown counts as at least 1%, so an EA that barely moved cannot divide by almost zero.
=
Ties
Same return? The higher Return/DD wins. Still equal? The lower drawdown wins.
▲▼
Arrows
Every position is saved each night. Arrows show the move since yesterday; new means the EA was not in that ranking yesterday.
⏳
Qualifying
Not enough days or trades yet? You appear as Qualifying, with how many days or trades are still missing.
Under review
Quarantine
A manual trade puts the EA in quarantine: it keeps its place, highlighted in red, until the Arena team releases it or excludes it. A new manual trade starts it again.
Verified badges
Optional: integrate the open-source Arena library and pass our check to show Verified Expert Advisor. How the badge works
Area 2
The Open ranking
Not a race: the career of every EA. Real or demo money, the owner's amount, measured over time.
Open ranking · 01 · Taking part
Your account, your money, three steps.
- 1
Register the EA
With your Arena account, the EA is entered in the Open ranking with its own strategy ID.
- 2
Any account, any amount
Real or demo, the broker, capital and leverage you prefer. One EA per account, so the equity is all its own.
- 3
Install the Arena Service
The same UltimateArenaService. Its first report is the starting point: from there the EA's share starts at 100.
Open ranking · 03 · The rules
Nobody is out. Everything is visible.
∞
Any drawdown
Nobody is eliminated. The drawdown is measured on the share, from its highest point, so a withdrawal never looks like a loss.
▲▼
Deposits & withdrawals
Allowed at any time. Each one appears on every chart and in its own table, with date and amount.
$
Real amounts
Equity, balance, net profit, deposits and withdrawals are shown in the account's currency. Account number, server and broker stay private.
✋
Manual trades
Allowed: it is your account. What counts is the result, shown day by day.
Open ranking · 04 · Order and data
Ranked by a steady track record.
Monthly return Mtime-weighted return ÷ days × 30
×
Reliability Adays ÷ (days + 30)
=
ScoreM × A
The same score as the Competition's Career ranking: fair to newcomers, kind to long records. Try the calculator. On a tie, the higher Return/DD wins, then the lower drawdown.
Click an EA in the Open ranking and you get
Equity & balancechart with every deposit and withdrawal
Time-weighted returnsince joining, and per month
Drawdownmaximum and current, on the share
Moneystarting capital, net profit, deposits, withdrawals
Tradescount, win rate, profit factor, average win and loss
Best & worsttrade and day, share of positive days
Month by monthcolour grid of monthly returns
Day by dayequity, balance, flows, return, drawdown
Race it, or show its track record?
Tell us about your Expert Advisor and which area you want: we will open your Arena account.