Head to head
Cortex IDXvsQuantum Emperor MT5
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.
Cortex IDX leads on 4 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
- 3.62▲
- 2.26▲
- Payoff ratioAverage win divided by average loss
- 0.22▲
- 0.20▲
- Max drawdownDeepest fall from a previous high
- 16.7%▲
- 31.1%▲
- Recovery factorNet profit per unit of worst fall
- 2.49▲
- 3.03▲
- Growth per monthTotal growth compounded to a monthly rate
- 19.44%▲
- 9.01%▲
- Win rateNot scored — a high win rate is only good if the payoff supports it
- 94.3%▲
- 91.7%▲
- Record lengthHow much evidence there is
- 4 months▲
- 13 months▲
- TradesSample size behind every figure above
- 124▲
- 1,039▲
- Total growthNot comparable on its own — the records cover different spans
- 84.6%▲
- 197.9%▲
- Account sizePercentages compound faster on a small balance
- $500▲
- $250▲
Why these two are not quite like-for-like
- One record is 3.6× longer than the other — Quantum Emperor MT5 has had more time to meet a market it dislikes, which cuts both ways when reading its drawdown.
- They trade different instruments — US30 against GBPUSD — so the two records were made in different markets.
What each record shows
MT5 · Expert Advisor · US30
Cortex IDX
- Small wins, large losses
Measured from published statistics · 124 trades · 4 months
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Quantum Emperor MT5
- Small wins, large losses
Measured from published statistics · 1,039 trades · 13 months
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