@Grant

too soon

combined with all the failures of early experimentation - I am NOT a profitable trader yet.
given algo stays stable - hoping to be in couple weeks, perhaps a month

if I'm a lucky bastard - filthy rich in half a year. gut feels ~ 3% chance

> Was there a specific statistical edge during your testing phase that gave you enough confidence to go live?

well...

after fiddling for hours - seeing profit factor of 1.5 over six months period was enough to pull the trigger.
relatively high trade count is also reassuring.
and I already had experimented before so had some thoughts of what to expect

as I see it - you want to go live as soon as possible.
and threshold of doing that should be sustainability

when trading lowest possible bets - I'm basically buying insight for couple bucks.
aim is a stable system with an actual track record as opposed to couple miracle trades