Method
How to read a public track record
Two accounts can both be up 30 percent and be nothing alike. The return is the least informative number on the page.
Both lines above end 30 percent up. One climbed steadily. The other was down 5 percent in month seven and swung 20 points between consecutive readings. If you only compare the endpoints they look identical.
The ratio that separates them divides return by the worst loss it took to get there:
higher means the return cost less pain to produce
The steady account returns 30 percent against roughly a 2 percent drawdown. The volatile one returns the same 30 against about 28. One has a MAR near 15, the other near 1. The endpoint hides that completely.
What to check, in order
| Check | Why it matters | What a problem looks like |
|---|---|---|
| Verification | Confirms the numbers come from the broker, not from a form | Self-reported, or trading privacy switched on |
| Deposits and withdrawals | Percentage gain can be manufactured by moving money | Deposits during a drawdown, undisclosed top-ups |
| Track length | Short records are mostly noise | Under a few months, or a gap in the middle |
| Trade count | Sets how much the statistics can be trusted | A handful of trades carrying the whole return |
| Drawdown against gain | The cost side of the return | Drawdown near or above the gain |
| Largest single trade | Shows whether the result is repeatable | One trade worth most of the profit |
| Open position age | Losses can be parked instead of taken | Old positions held at a loss while gains are booked |
The one that catches most people
A record where a single trade produced most of the gain is a record of one event, not of a method. Check the largest winner against total profit. If it is 40 percent or more of everything, the rest of the statistics are describing a much smaller sample than the trade count suggests.
The same applies to open positions. An account can look consistent for a long time by taking every win and holding every loss. The equity curve stays smooth while the floating loss grows underneath it, which is why balance and equity are published as separate lines and why a gap between them is worth reading.
Dilinx publishes its full record, including drawdown, trade history and the equity line, on Myfxbook. Every figure on this site is pulled from it nightly rather than typed in by hand.