Backtest Sample
Three Drives
GC 5m · Three Drives · 2020-2024 · GC
Backtest results model slippage, fills, and commissions, but cannot fully replicate live market conditions. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Net P&L
$10,590.75
Max Drawdown %
5.15%
Profit Factor
1.21
Win Rate
59.10%
Sharpe Ratio
0.77
Total Trades
511
Monthly Returns
Net P&L by calendar month. Helps spot strategies that ride one or two great periods vs. those that compound steadily.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 56 | 1.2k | 1.3k | -1.4k | -1.0k | -386 | -908 | 697 | 713 | 1.3k | 444 | -435 | 1.5k |
| 2021 | 746 | -357 | 15 | -371 | -315 | -1.6k | 125 | 67 | 207 | 22 | 969 | -442 | -933 |
| 2022 | -950 | -345 | 700 | 346 | 416 | 694 | 1.0k | 347 | -638 | 350 | -395 | 38 | 1.6k |
| 2023 | -382 | 499 | -829 | -862 | 569 | -183 | -209 | -584 | 126 | 1.1k | 53 | 870 | 171 |
| 2024 | -194 | 6 | -442 | 1.8k | 404 | 184 | 1.9k | 1.1k | 896 | 1.1k | 1.1k | 397 | 8.2k |
Detailed Metrics
Sharpe Ratio
0.77
Sortino Ratio
1.17
Profit Factor
1.21
Avg Win / Avg Loss
0.84
Avg Winner
$201.54
Avg Loser
-$240.55
Expectancy
$20.73
Recovery Factor
1.99
Max Drawdown ($)
$5,331.00
Max Drawdown (%)
5.15%
Max DD ($) Trough
126d
Max DD ($) Recovery
1484d
Max DD (%) Trough
126d
Max DD (%) Recovery
1484d
Commission
$1,916.25
Winning / Losing
302 / 209
Total Orders
1,544
Configuration
Strategy
Harmonic Patterns
Contracts
GC
Timeframe
5m
Date Range
Jan 1, 2020 - Dec 31, 2024
Initial Capital
$100,000.00
Slippage Model
Realistic
Parameters
Pattern
Three Drives
Strictness
Balanced
Contracts per trade
1
Streaks
Max Consecutive Wins
10
Max Consecutive Losses
12
Avg Consecutive Wins
2.5
Avg Consecutive Losses
1.7
Median Consecutive Wins
2
Median Consecutive Losses
1
Daily Performance
Tradeable Days
1,291
Days Traded
410
Profitable Days
237
Daily Win Rate
57.80%
Avg Daily Return
$25.83
Std Dev Daily
$301.25
Max Daily Return
$1,293.25
Min Daily Return
-$1,336.25
Max EOD Drawdown
$4,685.50
Per-Trade P&L Distribution
Spread of single-trade outcomes. Wide tails on the right reveal whether the strategy depends on a few large winners.
Daily P&L Distribution
Spread of net P&L per trading day. A flat right tail means consistency; a single large positive bin means luck.
Streak Distribution
How often each consecutive win or loss run occurred. Long bars on either side hint at clustered streaks.
Recent Daily P&L
Last 120 trading days, oldest top-left to newest bottom-right. Brighter green for bigger winning days, brighter red for bigger losing days.
Orders
1,544 orders generated by this run.
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