Methodology: How We Calculate Track Records
All statistics use positions recorded by KOLCue. Positions that were later corrected are excluded everywhere.
Win rate
Closed positions with a positive PnL divided by all closed positions, from every data type. The sample size is always shown next to it. When sorting by win rate, traders with too few closed trades are listed last.
30-day PnL
The sum of realized PnL of positions closed in the last 30 days, from the trader's own accounts only. Copy-trading mirrors are excluded because their amounts are at the copier's scale.
Payoff ratio
The average profit of winning positions divided by the average absolute loss of losing positions, own accounts only. This is not total profit divided by total loss.
30-day return (estimate)
Realized PnL over the last 30 days divided by the account equity about 30 days ago. It is an estimate, not a net asset value return, and must not be read as "doubling" claims.
Equity drawdown (estimate)
The peak-to-trough decline of daily account equity, skipping days without data. Equity includes deposits and withdrawals, so this is not a trading drawdown and is never used in reports.
PnL basis
- Confirmed: realized PnL reported by the source, including fees and funding
- Estimated: the last unrealized PnL we saw before the close; replaced once the source confirms
- Copy mirror: from a copy-trading account; counted for win rate but not for any amount-based metric
Backfilled records
Signals recorded after a restart, a long gap or a history backfill are marked "Backfilled". They were not pushed in real time.
Trading DNA
Style tags (long/short bias, holding period, leverage, session) follow fixed rules on closed positions from the trader's own accounts. Tags appear only with enough samples. They describe style, not returns, and are never written by AI.
Account equity
The latest equity of the trader's own accounts as reported by the source. Shown with the date it was recorded.
Return for a period
Realized PnL in the period ÷ account equity at the start of the period (an estimate, because equity includes deposits and withdrawals). When equity history does not reach back to the start of the period, we show return on margin instead: realized PnL ÷ the total margin of positions closed in the period. The two are labeled differently and are not comparable.
Sharpe ratio (estimate)
Daily return = realized PnL that day ÷ the previous day's equity. Sharpe = mean daily return ÷ its standard deviation × √365, with a risk-free rate of 0. Shown only after at least 30 days of equity history.
Max drawdown
The largest peak-to-trough fall of cumulative realized PnL in the period, shown as a share of account equity on the peak day (the amount is shown below it). When equity was not recorded on the peak day, we estimate it backwards from the latest recorded equity, assuming no deposits or withdrawals in between, and label the result as an estimate. If the estimate is not plausible, only the amount is shown.