Analytics cards explained

Every card on Analytics uses your closed trades for the accounts and period chosen in the filters at the top. Change the filters and all the cards recalculate together.

Net P&L

Your profit or loss on closed trades after commission and swap. The percentage under it is that amount compared with the balance at the start of the period. The small line shows how many trades are counted.

Example: 40 trades that made $1,200 in total and cost $80 in commission and swap show a Net P&L of $1,120.

Profit Factor

Gross profit divided by gross loss.

• Above 1.0: your winning trades made more than your losing trades lost.
• Exactly 1.0: break-even.
• Below 1.0: you lost more than you made.

Example: $3,000 of winning trades and $1,500 of losing trades give a profit factor of 2.00. The card also shows the gross win and gross loss amounts.

Trade Win %

The share of closed trades that ended in profit, with the number of wins (W) and losses (L).

Example: 26 winning trades out of 40 is 65.0%.

A high win rate alone does not mean a profitable strategy. Read it together with Avg Win/Loss.

Avg Win/Loss

Your average winning trade against your average losing trade, shown as two amounts and as a ratio.

Example: an average win of $90 and an average loss of $60 give a ratio of 1.50.

A ratio above 1 means your winners are bigger than your losers, so you can be profitable with a win rate under 50%.

Sharpe Ratio

How steady your results are. It is your average profit per trade divided by how much your trade results vary.

• A higher number means steadier results for the profit you make.
• A number near 0, or below it, means results swing a lot compared with what you earn.

It is worked out per trade, over the same trades the other cards count.

Realized RR

The reward-to-risk you actually achieved: your average win divided by your average loss, shown as 1 : x.

Example: 1 : 1.50 means that on average you made $1.50 on winners for every $1 you lost on losers.

This is the result you got, not the stop and target you planned.

Max Drawdown

The largest fall from a high point to a later low point in your running profit, during the period. It is shown in money and as a percentage.

Example: your running profit climbs to +$2,000, falls to +$500, then recovers. The max drawdown is $1,500.

This is the "peak to trough" measure most prop firms care about. It can be large even when you finish the period in profit.

Absolute Drawdown

How far your running profit fell below where you started the period. It is shown in money and as a percentage of the starting balance.

Example: you start the period, lose $400 before making any profit, and then go on to finish +$1,600. The absolute drawdown is $400.

If your running profit never went below zero in the period, the absolute drawdown is $0.

Max Drawdown and Absolute Drawdown: the difference

Both measure a fall, from different starting points.

• Max Drawdown is measured from your highest point so far. It answers "What was my worst fall after doing well?"
• Absolute Drawdown is measured from where you started the period. It answers "How far under my starting balance did I go?"

Example: you start at $0 running profit, drop to -$300, climb to +$2,000, fall to +$500 and finish at +$1,800.

• Absolute Drawdown is $300, the deepest point below the start.
• Max Drawdown is $1,500, the fall from +$2,000 to +$500.

A trader who is in profit from the first trade can have an absolute drawdown of $0 and still have a large max drawdown.

Streak Analysis

Your longest run of winning trades in a row and your longest run of losing trades in a row, in the period.

Long losing streaks are worth knowing before you choose a risk per trade: they show how many losses in a row your account has to survive.

Best Trade and Worst Trade

The single most profitable trade and the single biggest losing trade in the period.

If one best trade makes up most of your profit, your results depend on a single trade. See Consistency Rule.

Avg Duration

How long your trades stay open on average, from open to close.

Profitable Days

The number of days that count as profitable, out of the days you traded. A day only counts when its profit is more than 0.5% of the starting balance, which is the rule several prop firms use for minimum profitable days.

Example: on a $10,000 account a day must make more than $50 to count. A day that made $20 is a winning day but not a "profitable day" under this rule.

Consistency Rule

Your best day's profit as a percentage of your total profit in the period. Prop firms use it to check that your profit does not come from one lucky day.

• 30% or less (green): comfortably consistent.
• Up to 45% (yellow): borderline for some firms.
• Over 45% (red): one day carries too much of your profit.

Example: total profit $2,000, best day $500. The card shows 25.0%.

It shows a dash when the period is not in profit, because the rule only applies to profit. Each firm sets its own limit, so check yours.

Quick Strike Trades

Trades that were closed within 60 seconds of opening. The card shows how many there are, what share of your trades they are, and how much of your profit came from them.

Many prop firms limit profit from very short trades. The bar shows the share against a 30% of profit limit, and warns when you are over it.

Click See trade details to list just those trades.

Position Direction

How your buys compare with your sells: the number of trades, win rate, average trade and share of profit for each side. The label at the top says which side is dominant.

Click BUY or SELL to filter the trade list to that side.

Strategy score

A single score from 0 to 100 that sums up the quality of your trading in the period. It combines five things, shown on the chart beside it: win rate, profit factor, average win against average loss, consistency, and how well you avoid long losing streaks.

A higher score means stronger and steadier results. Use it to compare periods or accounts, not as a target on its own.

Holding habit

How much of the time your trades were open was spent in profit, and how much in loss.

Spending most of the time in loss and closing small winners quickly is a common habit this card helps you spot.

Stop-loss discipline

How often your trades had a stop loss.

Cumulative P&L

A line of your running profit, trade by trade. A steady rise is what you want to see. Sharp drops are your drawdowns.

Trading Journal Calendar

Each day's profit or loss and number of trades, with a total for each week and the month's total at the top. Green days made money and red days lost. Click a day to see its trades.

Yearly Performance Matrix

Your return for each month, and for each year in total.

P&L by sessions, hours, days and months

Four charts that show when you make and lose money:

• Sessions: Tokyo (00:00 to 08:00 UTC), Europe (08:00 to 16:00) and US (16:00 to 24:00).
• Hours: net profit for each hour of the day, in UTC.
• Days: net profit for each day of the week.
• Months: net profit for each month.

Use them to find the times you trade best, and the times to avoid.