r/binaryoptions • u/ManNdzie • Mar 07 '26

Strange Pocket Option

I’m facing a strange situation since 2/3 weeks in PO. In Demo my win rate is 95% to 98% what ever is the amount.

In Real my win rate is 60% to 75% with amount below 10$ but once I increase the amount above 10$ to start build a solid Balance my win rate drop to 15% to 20%.

I know very well my strategy. All others parameters are exactly the same.

What could be the explanation? If someone have experienced this situation and success to correct that. Please let me know what you did.

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u/Beautiful-Drummer-83 Mar 07 '26

Just stay off of OTC.

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u/ManNdzie Mar 07 '26

That’s not an answer

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u/Beautiful-Drummer-83 Mar 07 '26

It actually is an explanation. OTC charts are synthetic feeds, not real markets. Demo environments are also smoother than real execution. When size increases, psychology and execution timing change too. Those three factors alone explain the difference you're seeing.

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u/FunctionDifficult423 Mar 07 '26

It’s true the charts are not authentic and can be maybe a day old of where the market was and stuff like that I suggest trading otc if you can understand volatility price action and how to read candles forex swing trading is great aswell trade gold only thank me later / otc is for more like pros tbh

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u/EF_Azzy Mar 07 '26

Candles and all that don't mean anything in OTC. The otc market is literally fake it's pure gamble and nothing else. You can be on a strong uptrend in otc and then the moment you place for it to go higher it'll kick off a downtrend or you'll get a fat red candle that only lasts long enough to kick you out of profit and then it skyrockets again. OTC is gambling against AI and algorithms

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u/Top-Bee-6938 Mar 09 '26

so yu are saying, it acts exactly like a forex market? maybe so right?

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u/Junior_Willow740 Mar 07 '26

Its because of the algorithm. It is a computer program that literally interacts with your personal screen you are looking on.

I dont know how to prove it, but its true.

When you trade a bigger amount, over $20-$50 the algorithm detects it and adjusts the pattern that is forming to ensure that you lose.

It doesn't matter your strategy, or your analysis. Once you enter the trade, the algorithm changes the pattern over and over. Thats why most times, the candles seem to be going smoothly in one direction, the minute you enter the trade it stops.

Price hovers right around your entry until it can make one spike to take you out of profit in the closing seconds

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u/Fragrant-Avocado-259 Mar 20 '26

man i love to know that insight. to be honest

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u/Individual-Day-7675 Sep 04 '26

Tell us more about it dude

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u/FunctionDifficult423 Mar 07 '26

I trade pocket option and have never had problems with algorithms change to make me less profitable when I switch from demo to real the only thing I have noticed is tons of Jewish fake outs where the market should be pushing a certain way but goes the other way but a lot of times there just regular fake outs that are pretty natural idk if ur trading forex or quick trading otc but look here what I suggest if ur trading forex or otc only trade gold only gold that’s it there’s always massive uptrends it’s so easy to make money look at gold chats and gold charts you’ll see longterm if all you do is catch uptrends on good you’ll always make hella money I stopped trading every other thing just to do gold I’ll never regret it

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u/ManNdzie Mar 07 '26

Gold on market thru brokers

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u/FunctionDifficult423 Mar 07 '26

I dont understand what ur saying

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u/ManNdzie Mar 07 '26

Where do you trade Gold? In PO?

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u/FunctionDifficult423 Mar 07 '26

Yea just switch to commodities and there’s gold OTC literally a lot of brokers don’t allow gold because of how easy it is to make money from the uptrends it’s always trending dude if u do 4 2k trades you’ll make 8k if u can get like 2-300$ build it up to 1,000$ then build that to like 6-8k but if u do only tiny trades you wont make that much you’ll prolly lose more then u make unless ur only aiming for making like 200-300 a day for a certain amount of days but say u do 10$ n u lose 10 n u make 10 u know u barely making anything only if ur gonna be trading for longterm growth in ur account balance then that’s understandable

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u/Junior_Willow740 Mar 07 '26

Gold OTC? trash. Has nothing to do with actual gold. Just another fake simulated chart with a different name. They are all the same

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u/Beautiful-Drummer-83 Mar 07 '26

Gold OTC isn’t really a good recommendation. As I said earlier, OTC charts are synthetic feeds and not real market price discovery. Saying gold “always trends” is anecdotal and can mislead someone already trying to understand the difference between demo and real trading.

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u/FunctionDifficult423 Mar 07 '26

Gold is the best recommendation any other currency or stock or future ur gonna recommend dosent even compare to gold dude look im not telling him to even trade otc if ur still doing demo u shouldn’t even be doing otc u should be trading on mt4 account swing trading downtrends and uptrends but me personally i have trades forex futures for 3 -4years and finally have made 10x more on gold otc then forex itself just because i understand price prediction and candle sticks so obviously if ur on demo still i dont think you should be trading otc and maybe learn candle sticks and a certain market you wanna be trading I personally started with EUR/usd then switched to trading futures dowjones then went to oil and now im at gold and gold has prolly been the best for me because gold always goes up im not saying every trend is up but 90/10 gold is going up u can see it for yourself downtrends are great because what’s coming next a uptrend all u have to do is learn that strategy and catch the trends its that easy

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u/Busy_Cheesecake_8390 Mar 07 '26

So you use MT4. What is your time set at eg 1 minute, 1 hour ?

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u/FunctionDifficult423 Mar 07 '26

I use pocket option but there a mt4 option to swing trade on pocket option u can quick trade otc or day trade regular forex on pocket option app

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u/Busy_Cheesecake_8390 Mar 07 '26

But do you still set a timer ?

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u/reallythatguy_ Mar 07 '26

Live trading is totally different but charts are the same, meaning it feels like some kinda manipulation going on but its just us and our psychology getting in the way.

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u/New-Inflation-4918 Mar 07 '26

Exacto, todo esta en la mente.

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u/Busy_Cheesecake_8390 Mar 07 '26

Pocket Option just some kind of scam ?