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A number you can't fake

Your Trust Score

This score reflects how you invest — built only from your own activity, nothing else. It plays back your strengths and the areas where you can still improve. Best of all, it measures you against your previous self, so there's always room to grow.

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Your score · example▲ +4 this month
68/100
68 of 100 points earned · from your last 84 trades
Behavior
Consistency
Performance
Volume
What the score is made of

Four parts. All within your control.

Behavior
35%
Journal completeness + holding patience.
The slice most in your hands: logging the emotion behind each entry, and holding trades long enough to let them work.
78%
Entry emotion logged
9 days
Avg holding period
Consistency
30%
Max drawdown + return variance.
Rewards a smooth equity curve over a jagged one: smaller drops, steadier results trade to trade. Survivability over heroics.
14%
Max drawdown
Moderate
Return variance
Performance
20%
Win rate + profit factor.
How you got there matters more than whether you made money. Process first, P&L second — you can’t get lucky into a good score.
58%
Win rate
1.6
Profit factor
Volume
15%
Total trades + months active.
A handful of trades isn’t a track record. Rewards a real sample built up over time, so the number actually means something.
84
Trades logged
7
Months active
Sample figures shown for illustration. Your score is built only from your own trades.
What it is — and isn't
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Built from your data only
Every point comes from your own trades — no benchmarks, no external ratings, nothing borrowed from anyone else.
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It can go down
The score tracks your recent habits, so it rises and falls honestly. That’s the point of a mirror.
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Not a competition
There’s no leaderboard and no ranking against other investors. The only benchmark is your past self.
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Not financial advice
It describes how you’ve traded. It never tells you what to buy or sell, and it doesn’t predict results.

Questions about the score

How is the Trust Score calculated?+

Four parts, all from your own trades: Behavior (35%), Consistency (30%), Performance (20%) and Volume (15%). Each contributes up to its weight in points, and the total is rounded to a 0–100 score.

Why is Performance only 20%?+

Because raw returns are the easiest thing to get lucky on. Weighting process — how and how consistently you trade — above P&L rewards what you can actually repeat, instead of a single hot streak.

Can my score go down?+

Yes. It reflects your recent trading behavior, so it moves in both directions. It’s built to be an honest mirror, not a trophy you keep once you’ve earned it.

Does it compare me to other investors?+

No. It’s built only from your data — there are no benchmarks, no leaderboard and no external ratings. The only meaningful comparison is you versus your past self.

What counts as “Behavior”?+

Two things: how consistently you journal the emotion behind each trade, and how patiently you hold — longer average holding periods score higher, up to a cap.

How is drawdown measured?+

Against your account equity. Until you set your real account size, we use $25,000 as a working baseline, so set yours for an accurate consistency read.

How many trades do I need?+

There’s no fixed minimum — the more trades you log, the more meaningful the score. With only a few it’s still forming; as your history grows, the number settles and tells you more.

Is this financial advice?+

No. The Trust Score describes your past trading habits for educational purposes. It doesn’t tell you what to trade and it doesn’t predict future results.

Start building your Trust Score

Log your trades, track your emotions, and watch your patterns emerge. Your journal becomes your teacher.

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We're educators, not advisors. The Trust Score describes your past trading habits — it doesn't tell you what to trade or predict results. Your decisions are your own.

Methodology — The Trust Score weights are grounded in academic research on retail-trader performance: discipline and consistency predict long-term survival more than raw returns. Sources: Barber & Odean (2000) · Locke & Mann (2005) · Barber & Odean (2011).