Guide
No jargon. Here is exactly how we calculate what each strategy would have returned, with real examples. The most important part is how a trade that reversed is counted, so read that part twice.
Every signal we post comes with three take profit targets (TP1, TP2, TP3) and a stop loss (SL). A strategy is simply which target you aim for. You open one trade per signal, never three, and you hold it toward your chosen target.
Close at the first target. Smallest pips per win, but wins the most often.
Hold for the second target. A middle ground of size and frequency.
Hold for the furthest target. Biggest wins, but reached less often.
The backtester scores each signal at the outcome the published record holds, capped at your strategy's target. Once a trade reached TP1 it is never counted as a loss. If it reached TP1 or TP2 and then reversed before your target, it is counted at the furthest target it did reach, not at 0 and not as a loss. A trade is only a real loss if it never reached TP1 and hit the original stop. The backtester does not replay price and does not model a stop moved to entry: it is the published record re-cut by exit level, not a simulation of a live position.
Note: this rule describes how the backtester scores past trades. On live signals we sometimes manage differently, for example a wider stop or a later break even move, and we always post those updates in the VIP channel. Live updates override this default, so follow the channel.
Same imaginary gold trade, entry at 2000, TP1 at 2010, TP2 at 2025, TP3 at 2050, stop loss at 1990. Here is how three different outcomes score under each strategy.
Price climbs through every target and reaches TP3.
Price hits TP1 and TP2, then falls back down before reaching TP3.
This is the key one. Aggressive does not take a loss here, and it does not score 0 either: the record holds TP2 as the furthest target reached, so the trade is counted there. A live position held for TP3 with its original stop could have finished worse than this. That is why the backtester is a re-cut of the record, not a model of your account.
Price moves against the trade from the start and hits the original stop loss.
A real loss only happens when the trade never reached TP1. All three strategies lose the same here.
To stay honest, the simulation is a clean model. It does not account for spread, slippage, execution delay, missed entries, weekend gaps, or your own manual trade management. Real results will differ. We also cap any single trade at a sane maximum to ignore data entry errors, and we use a fixed dollar per pip estimate based on lot size.
Past performance does not guarantee future results. This tool is for education, not a promise of profit.