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Understanding your Decision Quality Score
What is DQS?
DQS (Decision Quality Score) is a number from 0 to 100 that measures how you trade, not just if you profit. Two traders can both hit +10% profit but have completely different DQS scores based on their decision quality.
Trader A
+10% profit
Lucky — 2 big trades carried the result
DQS 54
Trader B
+10% profit
Consistent — ~30 trades spread the edge
DQS 82
The formula
Your final score blends four components with fixed weights. Each piece is normalised to 0–1, then combined and rounded to a whole-number DQS out of 100.
EDGE
35% weightDo your winners outweigh your losers?
Profit Factor = Total wins ÷ Total losses
EDGE = min(PF ÷ 3.0, 1.0)
| PF | EDGE | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 33 | Breaking even |
| 2.0 | 67 | Good edge |
| 3.0+ | 100 | Excellent |
Floor protection: losses cannot be artificially minimised — very small loss totals use a floor so PF stays meaningful.
RISK
35% weightHow far did you stay from the danger zone?
Illustration: 80% of the bar = used 8% of the 10% max drawdown budget
RISK = 1 − (max drawdown used ÷ 10%)
- DD 0% used → RISK 100
- DD 5% used → RISK 50
- DD 10% (limit) used → RISK 0
Rewards traders who protect capital and keep peak-to-trough loss shallow.
CONSISTENCY
20% weightIs your profit spread across many trades or concentrated in one or two lucky outcomes?
Bad: one block ≈ 80% of profit — low consistency
Good: profit spread across many trades — higher consistency
CONS = (1 − top3_share) × (1 − 0.4 × bias)
bias = |0.5 − yes_ratio| × 2
- Top 3 share: if your three largest winning trades represent most of your gross wins, top3_share is high and consistency suffers.
- Direction bias: if you trade roughly 70%+ on one side (YES or NO), bias = 0.4, and the term (1 − 0.4 × bias) becomes 0.84 — about a 16% drag on the consistency multiplier.
DISCIPLINE
10% weightDo you keep position sizes in check on average?
Optimal zone (avg exposure)
- ≤ 3% avg → DISC 100
- 4% avg → DISC 50
- 5% avg → DISC 0
Systematic oversizing is penalised even if each individual trade stays under the 5% per-trade cap.
Hard gates — automatic disqualification
These checks run before scoring. If any fail, DQS = 0.
| Gate | Threshold | Why it exists |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum trades | < 30 → no score | Not enough data to score decision quality reliably. |
| Position size | > 5% per trade → DQS 0 | Prevents all-in style exploitation of the evaluation. |
| Max drawdown | > 10% → DQS 0 | Should be caught by the rules engine; breach invalidates scoring. |
| Daily loss | Any day < −5% → DQS 0 | Rules engine safety net for runaway loss days. |
| Latency ratio | > 20% trades under 60s → DQS 0 | Prevents latency arbitrage and mechanical churn. |
DQS → profit share
After you pass, your DQS sets where you land on the split ladder.
| DQS score | Profit share | Level |
|---|---|---|
| < 70 | 80% | Base |
| 70–79 | 80% | Tier 1 |
| 80–84 | 85% | Tier 2 |
| 85–89 | 90% | Tier 3 |
| 90–94 | 95% | Tier 4 |
| 95–99 | 98% | Tier 5 |
| 100 | 99% | Achievement |
All passed evaluations are guaranteed minimum 80% profit share.
How to improve your DQS
Improve EDGE
Improve RISK
Improve CONSISTENCY
Improve DISCIPLINE
FAQ
- Does DQS affect whether I pass?
- No. DQS only affects your profit split after you pass. Passing is determined by the seven challenge rules (profit target, drawdown, daily loss, duration, etc.).
- When is DQS calculated?
- After every closed trade. Your score updates as new trades complete and feed into the rolling analysis.
- Can DQS go down?
- Yes. If newer trades have lower quality than your earlier ones — weaker edge, worse risk usage, lumpier wins, or looser sizing — your DQS can decrease.
- What is a good DQS score?
- 70+ qualifies you for the profit-share ladder. 85+ is excellent. 95+ is exceptional.
- Is the formula public?
- Yes — full transparency. What you read here matches how the platform computes your score.