April 2026 was Techno Long Term's worst month on record (−16.28%). May answered the question every drawdown raises: does the system keep behaving as promised? The flagship recovered +8.53%, with no change to rules, risk or intervention. Recovery is not vindication, just as the decline was not failure.
The portfolio's other signals ranged from −10.18% (Growth) to +3.11% (SteadyFlow) in May. Two positive, three negative.
All data from MQL5 (third-party verified). Numbers are not adjusted or cherry-picked. YTD 2026 = January to May.
May 2026: +8.53% · YTD 2026: +66.71%
90 weeks · 4,111 trades · WR 68.47% · PF 1.21 · +504.88% since inception
After April's −16.28% — the signal's worst month — May closed at +8.53%. A recovery month, not a turn: system, strategy and risk parameters were unchanged. The maximum drawdown holds at 30.85%. The long-run picture is consistent: 68.47% WR over 4,100+ trades, PF 1.21, +504.88% total growth. One month confirms nothing and refutes nothing.
May 2026: +3.11% · YTD 2026: +6.35%
17 weeks · +6% since launch · Darwinex-listed
The lowest-risk profile in the portfolio earned its role. The largest drawdown across its whole history is 10.2% — the smallest of the five. After April's −3.22%, May recovered +3.11% without sharp moves.
May 2026: −10.18% · YTD 2026: +27.49%
33 weeks · +27% since launch
May was Growth's weakest month in 2026. In April it held up better than the flagship (−6.27% vs −16.28%), but gave back −10.18% in May. Signals of different styles do not move in step — and that is the point of a portfolio. YTD +27.49%.
May 2026: −3.33% · YTD 2026: +53.35%
61 weeks · +16% since launch
The highest-cadence signal in the portfolio. May closed slightly negative (−3.33%) after a positive April (+2.07%). The annual line stays strong: YTD +53.35%.
May 2026: −4.4% · YTD 2026: −30.23%
58 weeks · +5% since launch
The honest part. Swing is the portfolio's weakest signal in 2026 — YTD −30.23%. No new trade has been taken in the last 24 days. The SL/TP ratio needs work and a relaunch decision is still under consideration. We do not delete this number or hide it behind a new description.
Alongside the April issue there was a rule: if you want a signal with no losing month, you want a fiction. May brings the other edge of the same rule. A recovery month is not proof that everything is fine now, just as the decline was not proof that something is broken. In both cases the system simply did what it is programmed to do.
One month — in either direction — is noise. The curve is the signal. Over 90 weeks Techno Long Term has taken 4,100+ trades, 68.47% profitable, PF 1.21. Those numbers include April's −16.28% and May's +8.53%.
Do not read one month — good or bad — as a message. Read the curve in years. A system is measured by consistency, not by a single month.
June brings its own macro events — central-bank meetings and labour-market data — that can produce short-term volatility spikes. For an algorithmic system that means nothing in particular. The next issue will sum up June across all five signals.
Educational material. This is not investment advice or an offer to buy or sell. Past results do not guarantee future results.
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