I mean if someone would start this EA not on August 1, 2017, but a few months later, he would be in red.
The EA is very well coded , it has over 900 lines of code .Most amateur EAS will have about 50 to 200 lines of code , my own eas have 2,000 lines of code.I have over 80 eas about to go a live account.
What you do with this EA is to use it as a template , make it into about 10 to different strategies, with 10 different magic numbers , spread the drawdown risk to 1/10 th to 1/20 of my test.If each of the 10 to 20 eas are different , then you will not get a drawdown of such magnitude immediately, you might get 10 % drawdown on 10 eas , but they should not happen simultaneously.
Also start EA in a trend or new trend, so you will be ok , if you know real trading.
I also use custom grid and counter strategies , with this type of EA , so I never get these dds.
The person who gave the free EA has been banned from MQL5 site, I suspect all the EA sellers may have complained and reported against him.If EAS are given free , who will buy EAS ?
When I set my EAS up , they start with much smaller lot sizes , so drawdown is small to start with.I had a drawdown of 2,000 pips , but other systems were making good pips to make net positive return.