Answers to common questions about strategy performance.
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Trading involves risk and losses are a normal part of any strategy. No strategy wins 100% of the time. Evaluate performance over a meaningful time period (weeks to months, not hours). If performance is consistently poor, review your risk configuration, capital allocation, and current market conditions.
Live performance varies as market conditions change. A strategy that performs well in trending markets may underperform in sideways or choppy conditions, and vice versa. Evaluate performance across different market regimes rather than a single short window. Risk controls and capital allocation also directly affect realized returns.
Give a strategy at least 2-4 weeks of live operation before evaluating performance. Short evaluation periods are heavily influenced by market noise. Strategies designed for longer timeframes may need months to show their full performance profile.
Consider stopping a strategy if it exceeds your maximum drawdown tolerance, if market conditions have fundamentally changed, or if the strategy consistently produces unacceptable results over an extended period. Never make emotional decisions based on a single bad trade. Review the strategy's activity log before stopping to confirm the issue isn't a configuration or connectivity problem.