Hey Simon,
yes, you are correct, I was not a fan of it before. But it changed after the Acceptance criteria were updated with In Sample and Out of Sample options. This way we can choose criteria for both:
This is totally different now. Before we had it only for the complete backtest. Now, we can choose for both of the segments. This way we can filter in the Reactor the strategies that are profitable in the Out of Sample Part. And at the same time, we really test those on unknown data.
I understand you want to keep it simple and less work, everyone wants that for sure :) However, concentrating on one currency pair is not really a good risk-diversification. Try to do at least three different assets. Also, on M1 you would like to trade the currencies that have the lowest spread, and GBPJPY is not one of those.
If you trade on M1, you can go to 300k.
Just run the reactor strictly, make sure to put Monte Carlo always to test the robustness, and look for Min Count of Trades. Increase it as much as possible.
Cheers,