Every EA seller shows you a rising equity curve. Screenshots are free to fake, backtest reports can be curve-fit, and even video recordings can be from demo accounts. There is exactly one form of proof that is hard to manipulate: a third-party verified live track record. Here is how to actually check one.
Why MyFXBook verification matters
MyFXBook connects directly to the broker account using a read-only investor password. The platform pulls trade data from the broker itself, not from anything the seller uploads. The seller cannot edit, delete, or beautify trades. When you see a MyFXBook page, you are looking at broker data.
The verification checklist
1. Check the verification badges
On the account page, look for Track Record Verified and Trading Privileges Verified. The first confirms the history is complete (no deleted losing trades). The second confirms it is a real trading account, not an investor view of someone else's.
2. Look at the time span
Three weeks of live results mean nothing. Anyone can run hot for a month. You want to see multiple months minimum, ideally including at least one losing month. A track record with zero losing months is either very young or very suspicious.
3. Compare live results against the claimed backtest
Live results should look like a rougher version of the backtest: similar win rate, similar average trade, worse execution. If the backtest shows 8% monthly and the live account shows 2%, the backtest was fantasy. Our own live account has run since November 2025 with a 52.8% live win rate against a 57.2% backtest win rate across 144 trades, comfortably inside the normal variance band for that sample size. That structural closeness is what you want to see.
4. Check the drawdown, not just the gain
A 40% gain with a 35% drawdown is a coin flip that went well. A 30% gain with a 6% drawdown is a system. MyFXBook shows max drawdown right on the stats panel.
5. Watch for deposit tricks
Some sellers reset accounts after losses or juice the gain percentage with deposit timing. Check the deposits and withdrawals history on the account page. Clean accounts have one starting deposit and a continuous history.
Apply it to us
Our Breakout System runs live on IC Markets account #52604924, tracked on MyFXBook since November 2025, losing months visible. Apply every step of this checklist to it. That is exactly what the page is there for. See the live track record here.
The tricks that fool even careful buyers
Beyond the basic checks, a layer of more sophisticated deceptions circulates, worth knowing individually. The demo-account trick: MyFXBook tracks demo accounts identically to live ones, and sellers quietly link a demo where execution is frictionless and psychology is absent. Check the account type field; if it says demo, the entire track record is a simulation. The cherry-picked window trick: a seller runs five accounts simultaneously with different settings, then publishes only the one that performed. The tell is a track record that starts recently with no explanation, from a seller whose product has supposedly existed for years. The hidden-history trick: MyFXBook allows hiding the trade list while showing the equity curve. Hidden trades on a public track record have exactly one purpose.
A five-minute verification walkthrough
- Open the MyFXBook link. Confirm both badges: Track Record Verified and Trading Privileges Verified. Either one missing is disqualifying.
- Check account type (live, not demo) and broker name. A real broker you can independently verify, not an unknown offshore label.
- Open the monthly analytics tab. Count the losing months. Zero losing months over a year-plus is a red flag, not a green one.
- Compare drawdown and gain. Then open the trade history and confirm it is visible and complete, with trade sizes consistent over time (no sudden size spikes papering over losses).
- Cross-reference the claimed backtest statistics against the live statistics: win rate within a few points, average trade profile similar, same pairs actually being traded.
Five minutes, no tools beyond a browser. That this filter eliminates the overwhelming majority of the commercial EA market tells you everything about the market, and it is precisely why we structured FixedTrader around passing this exact inspection.