Strategy Performance Tear Sheet
Institutional-grade performance analysis with risk-adjusted metrics, drawdown analysis, and optional CTA fee modeling.
Results shown are a combination of simulated backtested data and live forward-tested data that began in January 2026. Forward testing is early-stage and no meaningful live track record exists at this time. Hypothetical performance results have many inherent limitations, including hindsight bias, perfect execution assumptions, and inability to account for real-world factors such as slippage, market impact, and emotional decision-making. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown.
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Trading futures involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. Read full Risk & Hypothetical Performance Disclosure
Portfolio Equity Curve
Portfolio Drawdown
Strategy Comparison
Strategy Correlation Matrix
Strategy Contribution
Portfolio Monthly Returns (%)
Portfolio Annual Returns
Portfolio Risk-Adjusted Performance
Top 5 Portfolio Drawdowns
Diversification Benefit
Cumulative Returns
Underwater (Drawdown) Chart
Strategy vs Buy-and-Hold Benchmark
Compares the strategy's risk-adjusted returns against a simple buy-and-hold position in the same instrument.
Correlation & Alpha Analysis
Monthly Returns (%)
Annual Returns
Risk-Adjusted Performance
Top 5 Drawdowns
Return Distribution
Trade Statistics
Day-of-Week Performance
Trade Efficiency (MAE/MFE)
Rolling 12-Month Performance
Profitable Windows
Notional-Normalized Edge Consistency
Returns normalized by contract notional value, removing the effect of price growth over time.
Metrics Glossary
| Metric | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) | Return | The annualized rate at which the account grew over the full period, assuming reinvestment of all profits. |
| Total Return | Return | Overall percentage gain or loss from start to finish, regardless of how long it took. |
| Net Profit | Return | Total dollar profit or loss over the full period. |
| Profitable Months | Return | Percentage of calendar months that ended with a net gain. |
| Best / Worst Month | Return | The single best and worst monthly return in the entire track record. |
| Equity R² (Coefficient of Determination) | Risk-Adjusted | Linear regression of the log equity curve against time. Measures how closely the equity curve hugs a straight upward trend line. R² near 1.0 means very smooth, consistent growth — the ideal equity curve. Below 0.75 suggests choppy, inconsistent returns. |
| K-Ratio | Risk-Adjusted | Developed by Lars Kestner. Measures both the slope and consistency of the log equity curve by dividing the regression slope by its standard error. Rewards strategies that grow steadily — a steep but erratic equity curve scores lower than a smoother one with the same CAGR. Above 0.5 is excellent; above 0.2 is good. |
| Sharpe Ratio | Risk-Adjusted | Return per unit of total volatility (annualized). Above 1.0 is good; above 2.0 is excellent. |
| Sortino Ratio | Risk-Adjusted | Like Sharpe, but only penalizes downside volatility. A more investor-friendly measure of risk-adjusted return. |
| MAR Ratio (Managed Accounts Reports) | Risk-Adjusted | CAGR divided by maximum drawdown. Measures annual return earned per unit of peak-to-trough pain. Above 0.5 is solid; above 1.0 is strong. Also called the Calmar Ratio when calculated over a fixed 3-year window. |
| Calmar Ratio | Risk-Adjusted | Similar to MAR but uses the most recent 3-year CAGR. Evaluates recent performance relative to drawdown risk. |
| Omega Ratio | Risk-Adjusted | Ratio of all gains above 0% to all losses below 0%. Above 1.0 means more winning than losing dollar-wise. |
| Ulcer Index | Risk-Adjusted | Measures the depth and duration of drawdowns combined. Below 5 is low stress; above 15 is high stress. |
| Recovery Factor | Risk-Adjusted | Net profit divided by maximum drawdown — how many times over the strategy has earned back its worst loss. |
| Max Drawdown | Drawdown | The largest peak-to-trough decline in account equity, as both a percentage and dollar amount. The most-watched risk metric. |
| Drawdown Duration | Drawdown | How long from the start of a drawdown to full recovery. Longer durations are harder on investors psychologically. |
| Underwater Chart | Drawdown | Visual showing how far below the previous equity peak the account was at any point in time. |
| Win Rate | Trade Stats | Percentage of trades that were profitable. A high win rate doesn't guarantee profitability if losses are much larger than wins. |
| Profit Factor (PF) | Trade Stats | Total gross profit divided by total gross loss. Above 1.5 is good; above 2.0 is very strong. |
| Expectancy | Trade Stats | Average dollar amount expected per trade, factoring in win rate and average win/loss size. |
| Win/Loss Ratio | Trade Stats | Average winning trade divided by average losing trade. Shows the size relationship between wins and losses. |
| VaR (Value at Risk) | Tail Risk | At 95% confidence, the worst loss you should expect in normal conditions — roughly 1 in 20 trades could be this bad or worse. |
| CVaR (Conditional Value at Risk) | Tail Risk | Also called Expected Shortfall — the average loss in the worst-case tail beyond the VaR threshold. More conservative than VaR alone. |
| Skewness | Tail Risk | Positive skew means occasional large wins with small frequent losses (desirable). Negative skew means occasional large losses with small frequent wins. |
| Kurtosis | Tail Risk | How "fat" the tails of the return distribution are. High kurtosis means more extreme outlier trades than a normal distribution would suggest. |
| Tail Ratio | Tail Risk | Ratio of the 95th percentile gain to the 95th percentile loss. Above 1.0 means the best outcomes are larger than the worst outcomes. |
| Buy & Hold Return | Benchmark | What a passive investor would have earned by buying the underlying instrument at the start and holding through the end. |
| Correlation | Benchmark | How closely monthly returns move with the market. Near 0 = largely independent; near 1.0 = highly market-dependent. |
| Beta | Benchmark | How much the strategy moves per 1% market move. Beta of 0.3 means roughly 0.3% strategy move per 1% market move. |
| Alpha | Benchmark | Annualized return above what market exposure (beta) would explain. Positive alpha represents genuine skill-based return. |
| R-Squared (R², Coefficient of Determination) | Benchmark | The square of the Pearson correlation coefficient (r). In this context it measures what percentage of the strategy's returns are explained by market movement — low R² is desirable, meaning the strategy is largely independent of the market. Note: R² applied to the equity curve itself measures smoothness of growth, where high R² is ideal. |
| Up / Down Capture | Benchmark | How much of the market's up-month gains and down-month losses the strategy participates in. Ideally: high up capture, low down capture. |
| Rolling 12-Month Return | Rolling / Edge | Strategy return measured over every consecutive 12-month window. Shows consistency across different market environments. |
| Rolling Sharpe | Rolling / Edge | Sharpe ratio over rolling 12-month windows. Consistently positive values indicate a durable, repeatable edge. |
| Notional-Normalized PF | Rolling / Edge | Profit factor relative to contract notional value, removing distortion from rising futures prices over time. Truer test of whether the edge has held up. |