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The Best Paper-Trading Bots in Your Workbook: Performance, Consistency, and Suitability for Rising, Falling, and Sideways Markets

An analysis of the supplied contents of “winning bots bar data .xlsx,” covering reported observations from September through October 24, 2026.

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Executive conclusion

My strongest overall candidate for continued paper testing is bot_nq_micro_momentum from the September 24, 2026 folder. It combines repeated trading activity, several substantial winning records, positive reported session results, and examples of both long and short executions.

The closest competitor is bot_mes_fed_momentum from September 16, 2026. Its reported win/loss records are comparatively steady across the supplied snapshots, although its cumulative profitability is harder to establish.

For the October 24 snapshot specifically, the crude-oil bots stand out:

  • Best combination of win count and win rate: bot_cl_micro_trend — September 24 version, with 16 wins and 6 losses, or 72.73%.

  • Highest win rate among bots with at least ten reported trades: bot_cl_micro_supply_shock — September 19 version, with 12 wins and 2 losses, or 85.71%.

For market conditions, my provisional shortlist is:

Market condition Leading paper-testing candidate What the workbook supports Rising equity markets bot_nq_micro_momentum — September 24 Repeated favorable records and documented profitable long execution Falling equity markets The same September 24 NQ bot; bot_mes_fed_momentum as a secondary candidate Profitable NQ short execution and evidence that MES can hold short positions Rising crude-oil markets September 24 crude trend and September 19 supply-shock bots Strong October 24 records; bullish suitability remains a strategy-based inference Falling Treasury prices September 17 ZN micro steepener Documented short executions and a positive reported running total Flat or sideways markets No demonstrated winner Mean-reversion candidates lack convincing supplied results

These are research rankings, not verified live-trading recommendations. The workbook does not contain a clean, non-overlapping, cost-adjusted trade ledger or results separated by market regime. Consequently, no bot can yet be certified as consistently profitable across all three conditions.

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