Performance Summary
The performance summary tab provides detailed backtest data that can be used to optimize strategies.
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The performance summary tab provides detailed backtest data that can be used to optimize strategies.
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Overall profit or loss achieved across trades. Increasing this value by increasing Gross Profit and decreasing Gross Loss is a primary aim of Strategy Optimization.
In addition to optimizing algorithms, Gross Profit can be increased through the effective use of Take Profit, Scaled Exits, and Trailing Stop Loss to secure profits on winning trades.
Similarly, Gross Loss can be decreased by reducing Max Drawdown and effective use of Stop Loss to limit losses on losing trades.
See the Risk Management section for further details.
The total profit across all winning trades. Gross Profit can be increased through algorithm optimization and effective use of Take Profit, Scaled Exits, and Trailing Stop Loss to secure profits on winning trades.
See the Risk Management section for further details.
The total loss across all losing trades. Gross Loss can be increased through optimizations that reduce Max Drawdown and effective use of Stop Loss limit losses on losing trades.
See the Risk Management section for further details.
The maximum possible win that the strategy could have incurred among all of the trades it has made.
The greatest drawdown across the backtest period relative to the highest Net Profit.
Reducing Max Drawdown should be a primary aim of Strategy Optimization. A strategy susceptible to large drawdowns presents a greater risk of loss.
Risk Management elements such as Stop Loss, Trailing Stop Loss, Take Profit, and Scaled Exits should be employed to protect account Equity from Drawdowns.
Reducing Max Drawdown often improves the 'risk performance' of a strategy as measured by the Sharp Ratio and Sortino Ratio.
This is the theoretical return from using all Initial Capital to buy and hold the asset at the start of the backtest period.
The Sharpe Ratio measures the risk per unit of return or 'risk performance' of a strategy. A strategy with a ratio <1 may prove volatile and presents a high risk for the expected return, while a ratio >2.0 indicates lower volatility and risk. Regardless of the risk performance of a strategy, effective Risk Management is essential for limiting potential losses.
Sharpe Ratio Formula:
SR = (AR - RFR) / SD, where AR = average return, RFR is the risk-free rate of return and SD is the standard deviation of returns.
TradingView calculates AR and SD on daily returns. The risk-free rate refers to a theoretical zero-risk investment, typically associated with treasury or government bonds in a low-interest environment. RFR is generally set at 2% annual growth by default.
Optimizing Sharp Ratio
Improving Risk Performance of a strategy should be a primary aim of Strategy Optimization. Any optimization that increases daily returns or decreases the variability in returns will increase the Sharp Ratio. See the Risk Management section for details.
The Sortino Ratio is a variation of the Sharpe Ratio. that focuses specifically on downside risk.
The Sortino Ratio is calculated as SR = (AR - RFR) / DD, where AR is the actual return, RFR is the risk-free rate of return, and DD is the downside deviation (volatility on negative returns).
A high Sortino ratio is associated with low downside risk relative to returns and vice versa. Regardless of the Sortino Ratio, effective Risk Management is a crucial part of any trading strategy.
Gross profit divided by gross loss. A Profit Factor <1 means a strategy is sustaining more loss than profit. A Profit Factor >2 is desirable.
The maximum number of contracts held at any one time.
The profit or loss for the current open position. This data is represented graphically in the Open Postion Profit Panel.
The sum of the commission paid. Slippage is not included.
Commission fees can be customized using the Trade Account Emulation Features in the Properties Settings.
The total number of closed trades generated by a strategy.
The number of entries currently opened.
The total number of winning trades over the backtesting period.
The total number of losing trades generated by a strategy.
The percentage of winning trades generated by a strategy. Calculated by dividing the number of winning trades by the total number of closed trades generated by a strategy.
A strategy with a high Precent Profitable value will return a high Net Profit if the Avg Trade value is high and appropriate Risk Management is applied secure profit and limit losses from Drawdowns. Similarly, a strategy with a low Percent Profitable can also return a high Net Profit if Risk Managment is applied carefully.
The average profit per closed trade. A high Avg Trade value is desirable to adequately reward the risk associated with each trade.
The Gross Profit divided by the number of Winning Trades generated by a strategy.
The Gross Loss divided by the number of Losing Trades generated by a strategy.
The average value of how many currency units won for every unit you lost. This is calculated by dividing the average winning trade by the average losing trade.
The most profitable trade in the test period.
The largest losing trade in the test period.
Increasing the period positions remain open and appropriate use of Risk Management can increase Sharp Ratio and Net Profit.
The average number of bars that elapsed during trades for all winning trades.
The average number of bars that elapsed during trades for all losing trades.
The total number of margin calls generated by a strategy.
