The Performance Radar in your Overview turns your trading into a single shape and one number from 0 to 100. It is meant to be a fast read, not a verdict. This article explains exactly how it is built, so the score is something you can trust rather than a black box.
The short version: the radar scores six metrics, each from 0 to 100, then takes a weighted average. It is deliberately honest about uncertainty, so a handful of good trades will not light up as an elite trader.
The Six Axes
Each axis answers a different question about your trading. None of them can carry the score alone.
| Axis | What it measures | Weight | Scores high when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consistency | How steady your daily results are | 20% | Most days are green and day-to-day swings are small |
| Win % | Share of trades that close in profit | 15% | A larger fraction of trades win |
| Profit Factor | Gross profit divided by gross loss | 20% | Winners clearly outweigh losers |
| Avg Win/Loss | Average winner divided by average loser | 15% | Your wins are bigger than your losses |
| Recovery Factor | Net profit divided by your worst drawdown | 15% | You earn a lot relative to your deepest dip |
| Max Drawdown | Worst peak-to-trough loss vs gross profit | 15% | Your drawdown stays small next to what you made |
The big number in the corner is the weighted average of these six axis scores.
How Each Axis Is Scored
Every metric is mapped onto a 0 to 100 scale before it is averaged:
- Win % maps directly. A 64% win rate scores 64.
- Profit Factor scales from 1.0 (break-even, scores 0) up to 4.0 (scores 100).
- Avg Win/Loss scales from 0.8 up to 3.5.
- Recovery Factor scales from 0.5 up to 4.0.
- Max Drawdown scores
100 x (1 - drawdown / gross profit). Smaller drawdown relative to your gross profit means a higher score. - Consistency blends two things: the share of your days that were profitable (weighted 65%) and how stable your daily profit and loss is (weighted 35%).
Why the Radar Stays Honest
Three rules keep the score from flattering you. These are the parts most scoring systems get wrong.
1. "No losses yet" is not a perfect score
If you have no losing trades, your Profit Factor, Avg Win/Loss, and Recovery Factor are mathematically undefined, because you would be dividing by zero. That is almost always a small-sample artifact, not proof of a flawless edge.
So instead of treating an undefined ratio as a perfect 100, the radar scores it as 90: strong, but unproven. A real, proven edge over many trades is what earns the top of the scale.
2. Small samples are provisional
Five winning trades and five hundred winning trades are not the same evidence. Until you have 30 closed trades, the radar regresses every axis toward a neutral midpoint, in proportion to how little data you have. With three trades, the score sits close to neutral no matter how good those three were. As you log more, the score firms up toward what your numbers actually say.
While you are under 30 trades, the radar is labelled Provisional. That label is the point: the score is a draft until there is enough history to mean something.
3. The ceilings are set where excellence is
A Profit Factor of 4 or an Avg Win/Loss of 3.5 is the top of the scale, not a Profit Factor of 1.5. The bar is set where genuinely strong, repeatable trading lives, so the radar has room to distinguish good from great instead of pinning everyone near the top.
Why Your Radar Might Look Different Now
If your radar used to read near-perfect on a short history, this is why it changed. A small run of winners no longer reads as elite. That is intentional, and it is in line with how the rest of GASPNTRADER treats your numbers: a loss is shown as clearly as a win, and the score does not pretend to know more than your data supports.
How to Raise Each Axis
The radar is most useful as a checklist of what to work on:
- Consistency: trade your plan on more days and cut the outlier blow-up days. Steady beats spiky.
- Win %: tighten entries and skip the low-quality setups, but never chase win rate by cutting winners early.
- Profit Factor and Avg Win/Loss: let winners run and keep losers small. Both axes reward a healthier reward-to-risk.
- Recovery Factor and Max Drawdown: manage size and risk so a bad stretch never erases a good one.
Log every trade honestly, including the ones you would rather forget, and the radar becomes a mirror of your real process instead of a highlight reel.
FAQ
Is the Performance Radar a real metric or just a placeholder?
It is a real, weighted model of six trading metrics, each scored from 0 to 100. It is not a placeholder. It is tuned to stay honest about uncertainty, so a small or cherry-picked sample will read as provisional rather than elite.
Why is my score lower after a few good trades?
Because a few trades are not enough evidence. Until you reach 30 closed trades the radar regresses toward a neutral midpoint and is marked Provisional. The score climbs toward your true numbers as your history grows.
Why is my Profit Factor axis capped at 90 when I have no losses?
No losing trades makes Profit Factor undefined (division by zero), which is usually a small-sample effect rather than a perfect edge. The radar scores that as strong-but-unproven (90) instead of a perfect 100, which is reserved for a proven edge over many trades.
What is the best possible Performance Radar score?
There is no fixed cap below 100, but reaching the top of every axis takes a genuinely strong, well-sampled record: a high win rate, large reward-to-risk, small drawdowns, and steady daily results across at least 30 trades.
Want to see your own radar? Track your trades in GASPNTRADER and watch it firm up as your history grows.
