AMP isn't a platform, it's a broker, they are the cheapest with the lowest commissions and margins and offer a bunch of platforms to choose from.
If you don't know how you did it, and you clearly mentioned a few times you had no system, didn't know what you were doing was right or wrong and just went with gut feeling, the answer is an obvious yes, it was pure luck. If it wasn't luck you would be doing it day in day out, printing money, yet here you are, still looking for a system, lost, not knowing what to do, still thinking straddling the news actually works like you experienced in demo ...
I straddled the news in real. You guys just hear what you want to hear I was trend following. Often had to wait over a day in the red before a position turned around. I'm looking to refine
You're lucky. I've waited months in the red for a position to turn around, only to see it never turn, and close for a loss. Don't do it with 100 contracts.
Anyone reminded of the old "Steve Jobs reality distortion field"? One day we're all going to be working for FJ. Since, clearly, none of us have the faintest idea of what he's doing or talking about.
Wait ... if you are trend following intraday, waiting days for a red position to turn green means you are not trend following, refusing to be wrong and getting lucky, or following swing trading trend in which case drawdown should be expected and or statistically represented.