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Plain-language guides to reading a trading track record. Educational only, not advice.
Guides
- How to measure returns when money is added to an account
Why simply comparing balances gives wrong results when you deposit money, and how a time-weighted return fixes it. - Realised and unrealised profit: why open positions can mislead
The difference between profit that is locked in and profit that is only on paper, and why both matter when reading a track record. - What is maximum drawdown, and why it matters more than the best day
Maximum drawdown is the biggest fall from a peak. It tells you what holding through the bad times would have felt like. - How a stop-loss works in crypto futures, and where it can fail
What a stop-loss order is, why traders use it, and the situations where it does not protect you as expected. - Leverage and margin in crypto futures, explained simply
How leverage multiplies both gains and losses, what margin is, and what liquidation means.