Ontario, Canada, Canada, May 19th, 2026, FinanceWire
Gemeos Trading, a Canadian technology company that develops and licenses algorithmic trading software, today detailed its risk-management framework amid growing concern over client account losses caused by high-risk algorithmic strategies in the retail forex market.
According to Gemeos Trading, the company has never blown a client account in its entire operating history – a record it attributes to the exclusive use of price-action and volume-based strategies and the complete avoidance of martingale and grid-based averaging systems. The company also offers clients three selectable risk levels with hard-stop equity thresholds at under 10 percent, 20 percent and 30 percent, providing a tiered approach to capital protection.
“The question people should be asking about any forex algorithm is what happens when things go wrong,” said Mathew Kevin Edgar, Founder of Gemeos Trading. “Our risk framework operates on multiple levels. Every trade has an individual stop loss. At the portfolio level, we hedge the entire account when drawdown reaches critical thresholds – opening equal opposing positions to neutralise further losses. And we offer three hard-stop levels so clients can choose the level of protection that matches their risk tolerance.”
The hedging mechanism works by opening mirror positions opposite to losing trades. According to Mathew Kevin Edgar, this neutralises the drawdown so it cannot increase, and the Gemeos Trading trade desk then works to exit the hedged positions over a period of 60 to 120 days. Kevin noted that this recovery process has been successfully executed at least five times over the past two years during drawdown events exceeding 20 to 30 percent.
“Anybody who understands trading knows that once you hedge a position, it’s extremely difficult to exit profitably,” Kevin said. “Our trade desk has done it multiple times. They chip out cyclically and still generate returns during recovery periods.”
The live trading desk includes three full-time traders, one of whom has more than 20 years of institutional experience including work with hedge funds and private equity firms. The desk operates continuously during forex market hours, providing 24/5 human oversight of all Gemeos Trading algorithmic operations.
Leslie Edgar, Co-Founder of Gemeos Trading, oversees copy-trade management and client account monitoring. “I watch client accounts daily,” Leslie said. “If a client’s account disconnects from the master, that’s a problem we catch immediately. That level of hands-on monitoring is not something every provider offers.”
Kevin Egar contrasted the Gemeos Trading approach with the prevailing model in the retail forex algorithm market. “At least two competitors blew client accounts recently because gold moved in one direction for months and their martingale systems kept adding positions against the trend. Those accounts went to zero. Our clients were protected because Gemeos Trading does not use averaging strategies.”
About Gemeos Trading
Gemeos Trading is a Canadian technology company that develops and licenses AI-powered algorithmic trading software through a copy-trading platform. The company’s algorithms use price-action and volume-based strategies with third-party verified track records on platforms including MyFXBook. Gemeos Trading is not a registered dealer, adviser or investment fund manager under Canadian securities laws and does not provide investment advice, manage client funds or accept deposits. For more information, visit www.gemeostrading.com