Head to head
Cortex IDXvsVex Gold EA
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 3 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
- 5.08▲
- 1.86▲
- Payoff ratioAverage win divided by average loss
- 0.27▲
- 0.83▲
- Max drawdownDeepest fall from a previous high
- 16.7%▲
- 5.4%▲
- Recovery factorNet profit per unit of worst fall
- 2.73▲
- 1.34▲
- Growth per monthTotal growth compounded to a monthly rate
- 22.80%▲
- 5.79%▲
- Win rateNot scored — a high win rate is only good if the payoff supports it
- 95.0%▲
- 69.2%▲
- Record lengthHow much evidence there is
- 4 months▲
- 5 months▲
- TradesSample size behind every figure above
- 121▲
- 65▲
- Total growthNot comparable on its own — the records cover different spans
- 103.2%▲
- 29.5%▲
- Account sizePercentages compound faster on a small balance
- $500▲
- $200▲
Why these two are not quite like-for-like
- The two are measured from different sources — Cortex IDX from published statistics, Vex Gold EA from trade history. The ratios are computed the same way, but only a trade-by-trade history supports the full set of risk checks.
- They trade different instruments — US30 against XAUUSD — 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 · 121 trades · 4 months
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Vex Gold EA
- Unbounded losses
Measured from trade history · 65 trades · 5 months
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