Head to head
GoldCyclevsInstitutional SMC Robot
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.
GoldCycle 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
- 2.30▲
- 3.22▲
- Payoff ratioAverage win divided by average loss
- 1.61▲
- 0.48▲
- Max drawdownDeepest fall from a previous high
- 13.1%▲
- 14.7%▲
- Recovery factorNet profit per unit of worst fall
- 10.23▲
- 2.46▲
- Growth per monthTotal growth compounded to a monthly rate
- 42.02%▲
- 62.20%▲
- Win rateNot scored — a high win rate is only good if the payoff supports it
- 58.8%▲
- 87.0%▲
- Record lengthHow much evidence there is
- 5 months▲
- 1 months▲
- TradesSample size behind every figure above
- 97▲
- 23▲
- Total growthNot comparable on its own — the records cover different spans
- 413.8%▲
- 82.9%▲
- Account sizePercentages compound faster on a small balance
- €20,000▲
- €100▲
Why these two are not quite like-for-like
- One record is 3.9× longer than the other — GoldCycle has had more time to meet a market it dislikes, which cuts both ways when reading its drawdown.
- The tracked accounts are 200× apart in size. Percentage growth compounds much faster on a small balance, so the growth figures are not the like-for-like they look.
- Both cover XAUUSD, but Institutional SMC Robot also trades BTCUSD, EURUSD, USDJPY, USDCAD, US30. Its figures are a blend across those instruments rather than a result on XAUUSD alone.
What each record shows
MT5 · Expert Advisor · XAUUSD
GoldCycle
- Martingale-style position sizing
- Unbounded losses
Measured from trade history · 97 trades · 5 months
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Institutional SMC Robot
No risk flags raised by the trade history.
Measured from trade history · 23 trades · 1 months
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