Below are my strategies backtested with "less risk". I have been running some the strategies live for awhile now but the below mix of strategies have only been running for a few weeks. Below is more risk which I would not trade without some sort of hedge. Note that the years with single digit performance would likely have performed better with some sort of hedge in place. I am willing to give up 10% of account via a hedge in other years as net gain should still be acceptable.
Well yeah, if you make 50% return then can afford to give up 10%, as long as that 50% is a long term average.
I have two strategies that trade the overnight session and will exit before or at the regular session close. One short strategy that could hold for up to a few days. One strategy that scales into selling pressure on the daily time frame and it could hold up to a couple of weeks. These are all ES based strategies but I am trading MES live to help with fine tuning position sizing.
Yes, a successful trading strategy can really help a trader in the long and short run. Everyone should look for at least one and stick to it.