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Comparing two periods or filters side by side

Updated September 6, 2026

Performance, then Compare, puts two slices of your own record next to each other and states the difference. It is the review question in its usual form: which one is better, and by how much.

How it works

There are two groups, A and B. Each carries its own filters. Fill both, and the page shows each group's numbers with the gap between them named in the unit that matters.

Presets fill both sides in one click and stay editable afterwards:

  • Evaluation versus funded
  • After a win versus after a loss
  • Trades 1 to 3 versus trade 4 and later
  • Morning versus afternoon

What you can filter each group on

  • Dates: a preset window or your own from and to
  • Phase: Evaluation or Funded
  • Account
  • Instrument
  • Side: long or short
  • Time of day: morning before noon ET, afternoon from noon ET
  • Strategy
  • Outcome: winners, losers or scratch
  • Came after: a win or a loss
  • Trade number in the day

The last three read the sequence of your day rather than one trade in isolation, which is where behaviour actually shows up.

What you get back

Decisions, win rate, net P&L, profit factor, expectancy per decision, average winner and average loser, for each side, with the difference stated. Where both sides are level it says so rather than manufacturing a winner.

Each side needs a minimum number of decisions before a comparison is shown. Below it the page says there is not enough to compare, which is the honest answer: two trades against forty is not a finding.

The date pills do not apply here

The header's global date, phase and account controls are hidden on this page on purpose. Scope belongs to each group, not to the page, so a comparison of two different windows cannot be quietly overridden by a control at the top of the screen.

Every filter lives in the address bar, so the whole comparison travels in a copied link.

Counts are decisions

The numbers are decision-true and use the same aggregator as your overview and your reports, so a setup mirrored across six accounts counts once on each side. The money is every real dollar across every mirrored account, never deduplicated. That is what makes the two sides comparable when your account count changed between them.

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Risk Disclosure

Futures and forex trading contains substantial risk and is not for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing one's financial security or lifestyle. Only risk capital should be used for trading and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

Hypothetical Performance Disclosure

Hypothetical performance results have many inherent limitations, some of which are described below. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown; in fact, there are frequently sharp differences between hypothetical performance results and the actual results subsequently achieved by any particular trading program. One of the limitations of hypothetical performance results is that they are generally prepared with the benefit of hindsight. In addition, hypothetical trading does not involve financial risk, and no hypothetical trading record can completely account for the impact of financial risk of actual trading. For example, the ability to withstand losses or to adhere to a particular trading program in spite of trading losses are material points which can also adversely affect actual trading results. There are numerous other factors related to the markets in general or to the implementation of any specific trading program which cannot be fully accounted for in the preparation of hypothetical performance results and all of which can adversely affect trading results.

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