The five parts
Each part scores 0 to 100. The grade is the weighted average.
| Part | Weight | How it is scored |
|---|---|---|
| Drawdown | 30% | Your deepest fall from a balance peak. 3% or less scores full marks, 35% or more scores nothing, linear in between. |
| Consistency | 25% | How many of your weeks close green (70%) and how steady the weekly returns are (30%: a spread of 1% or less scores full marks, 10% or more nothing). |
| Profitability | 20% | Profit factor: gross profit divided by gross loss. 1.0 breaks even and scores nothing, 2.0 and above scores full marks. |
| Risk control | 15% | Your worst single trade against the account (1% or less full marks, 10% or more nothing) and your average win against your average loss (0.5 nothing, 2.0 or more full marks), half each. |
| Track record | 10% | How many closed trades you have and how long your record runs, half each: 250 trades and 6 months is full. |
The ladder
- S, Elite: an a held at three month-ends in a row.
- A, Excellent: score 80 or more
- B, Strong: score 66 to 79
- C, Developing: score 52 to 65
- D, Early: score 35 to 51
- E, Starting out: below 35
When a trader is graded
- After at least 10 closed trades.
- The grade is separate from the monthly ranking and does not change prizes.
- Only the live account that passed our new-account check counts. Demo accounts are never graded.
- Deposits and withdrawals are excluded, exactly as on the leaderboard. Trades opened by an Expert Advisor are left out.
- The grade updates as new trades sync. It is private until the trader chooses to publish their track record.
A grade describes past results. It is not advice and does not predict future results. Trading leveraged products carries a high risk of loss.