Head to head

Smart Golden PortfoliovsSomaGold

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.

Smart Golden Portfolio leads on 2 of the 2 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: —; 3.19
Payoff ratioAverage win divided by average loss: —; 1.69
Max drawdownDeepest fall from a previous high: 0.0%▲; 4.5%
Recovery factorNet profit per unit of worst fall: —; 9.93
Growth per monthTotal growth compounded to a monthly rate: 52.05%▲; 11.86%
Win rateNot scored — a high win rate is only good if the payoff supports it: 100.0%; 65.4%
Record lengthHow much evidence there is: 1 months; 5 months
TradesSample size behind every figure above: 6; 272
Total growthNot comparable on its own — the records cover different spans: 22.9%; 68.0%
Account sizePercentages compound faster on a small balance: $750; $5,000

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Why these two are not quite like-for-like

One record is 9.2× longer than the other — SomaGold has had more time to meet a market it dislikes, which cuts both ways when reading its drawdown.
The tracked accounts are 7× apart in size. Percentage growth compounds much faster on a small balance, so the growth figures are not the like-for-like they look.

What each record shows

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