Understanding Your P&L: Two Key Metrics
To get a true picture of your trading, it's crucial to distinguish between your trading skill and the cash in your account. We track these separately to give you professional-grade insights.
1. Performance Return (%)
This is the ultimate measure of your trading **skill**. It ignores your deposits and withdrawals to give you a pure reflection of your performance. It's the best way to track the effectiveness of your strategy over time.
💡 Think of this as: “How well did I trade with the capital I had at risk?”
2. Account Growth (%)
This metric reflects the actual change in your portfolio's cash value over time. Because it includes deposits and withdrawals, it gives you a real-world picture of how your account balance is changing.
💡 Think of this as: “How much has the money in my account actually grown?”