Head to head
CepheusvsCortex IDX
Both sets of figures are computed the same way from each product's own record. The measures that can be read against each other — the unit-free ratios — are scored. The ones that depend on how big the account was or how long it ran are shown underneath, unscored, because putting a winner on them would be comparing two different questions.
Cepheus leads on 5 of the 5 measures that can be scored.
A count of rows, not a recommendation. Which of these measures matters is a question about the account it would run on.
- Profit factorEverything won divided by everything lost
- 5.66▲
- 5.08▲
- Payoff ratioAverage win divided by average loss
- 0.81▲
- 0.27▲
- Max drawdownDeepest fall from a previous high
- 4.0%▲
- 16.7%▲
- Recovery factorNet profit per unit of worst fall
- 6.98▲
- 2.73▲
- Growth per monthTotal growth compounded to a monthly rate
- 79.02%▲
- 22.80%▲
- Win rateNot scored — a high win rate is only good if the payoff supports it
- 87.5%▲
- 95.0%▲
- Record lengthHow much evidence there is
- 1 months▲
- 4 months▲
- TradesSample size behind every figure above
- 16▲
- 121▲
- Total growthNot comparable on its own — the records cover different spans
- 41.1%▲
- 103.2%▲
- Account sizePercentages compound faster on a small balance
- CAD 100▲
- $500▲
Why these two are not quite like-for-like
- The two are measured from different sources — Cepheus from trade history, Cortex IDX from published statistics. The ratios are computed the same way, but only a trade-by-trade history supports the full set of risk checks.
- One record is 5.8× longer than the other — Cortex IDX has had more time to meet a market it dislikes, which cuts both ways when reading its drawdown.
- The tracked accounts are 5× apart in size. Percentage growth compounds much faster on a small balance, so the growth figures are not the like-for-like they look.
- The accounts are denominated differently (CAD and USD), so every currency amount below is in its own unit. The ratios are unaffected.
- They trade different instruments — XAUUSD against US30 — so the two records were made in different markets.
What each record shows
MT5 · Expert Advisor · XAUUSD
Cepheus
No risk flags raised by the trade history.
Measured from trade history · 16 trades · 1 months
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Cortex IDX
- Small wins, large losses
Measured from published statistics · 121 trades · 4 months
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