01 · Market
Designed for NQ
The strategy was conceived for Nasdaq-100 futures behavior. Its logic is aimed at a highly liquid, fast intraday market where timing and mechanical state transitions matter.
Acerbre system · NQ-first · MetaTrader 5
Grimmwood Apple
A distinct mechanical NQ system from the same research family as AppleTree. It encodes explicit market-state conditions rather than behavioral prediction; the lineage is shared, while its rules and measured outcome are its own.
LineageMechanical NQ
Test symbolUS100p
LicenseUS$506 / month
System thesis
A mechanical edge, not a behavioral story.
Grimmwood Apple is built around repeatable price-state conditions, defined timing, explicit risk and deterministic exits. It does not need a narrative about what market participants are feeling.
02 · Edge
Rules over interpretation
The system reacts to measurable market conditions. It is not a discretionary sentiment engine and does not attempt to infer fear, greed, positioning narratives or trader psychology.
03 · Execution
Fixed lifecycle
Entry qualification, sizing, stops, timed exits and state exits are codified. Once a condition is met, execution is mechanical rather than interpretive.
One family does not mean one strategy.
AppleTree and Grimmwood Apple both come from mechanical research into NQ / US100 behavior. They are separate implementations, not interchangeable editions.
| Shared family | Mechanical, rule-bound NQ research. |
|---|---|
| AppleTree branch | A multi-sleeve intraday system with one constrained client risk control. |
| Grimmwood branch | A distinct mechanical system with its own trade sequence and historical result. |
| Bergo boundary | A separate mathematics-first lineage centered on non-ergodic risk and payoff asymmetry. |
The supplied test, with its limits attached.
The supplied MT5 Strategy Tester report covers US100p on M30 from 1 June 2024 to 18 August 2026. Grimmwood Apple was designed for NQ; this report uses the broker's US100p instrument as the available MT5 proxy. It is historical simulation evidence, not a forecast.
Source: supplied ReportTester-GrimmWoodApple.xlsx · XSFintech-DEMO · Build 6140 · 73% real ticks
Historical balanceUS$100,000 → US$114,490.88
+14.49% net result
- Total net profit
- US$14,490.88
- Maximum equity drawdown
- 3.19% US$3,653.06
- Profit factor
- 1.65
- Recovery factor
- 3.97
- Total trades
- 243
- Winning trades
- 54.73%
What was tested
| Internal report identifier | Grimmwood_Apple_Test_v1_00 |
|---|---|
| Designed market | NQ · Nasdaq-100 futures |
| Tester instrument / timeframe | US100p · M30 |
| Test period | 01 Jun 2024 – 18 Aug 2026 |
| Initial deposit / leverage | US$100,000 · 1:100 |
| History quality | 73% real ticks · 91,298,806 ticks |
| Separate commission | US$0 recorded in the supplied deal ledger |
| Report activity | 243 trades · 486 deals |
| Average holding time | 00:23:19 |
Same test frame. Different historical behavior.
A shared instrument and date range make the family relationship easier to inspect. They do not make the systems equivalent.
| System | Net result | Max equity DD | Profit factor | Trades |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AppleTree | +25.82% | 5.15% | 1.96 | 273 |
| Grimmwood Apple | +14.49% | 3.19% | 1.65 | 243 |
Authorization
Licensed to the exact trading account.
Grimmwood Apple uses a broker-bound license: product + MT5 account number + exact broker server. The EA reads those identifiers from the terminal; no client license key is entered.
Full licensing modelProvide the MT5 account number and exact broker server for Grimmwood Apple.
Acerbre provisions the Grimmwood Apple entitlement for that exact combination.
The EA periodically refreshes its short-lived authorization while the license remains valid.
Grimmwood Apple is US$506 per month.
License access is tied to the selected product, MT5 account number and exact broker server.
Request a Grimmwood Apple licenseRisk notice
This is historical MT5 Strategy Tester evidence, not an expected return. Live spreads, slippage, broker execution, contract specifications, and future market regimes can materially worsen results. NQ and related Nasdaq instruments can move rapidly. Trading can lose money.