Top Retail Trader Performance Stats
S&P Insights
What is it that sets the top retail traders apart from the rest? Most of the trading world is hyper-focused on strategy, edge and charting. Have the top tiered traders simply stumbled onto the holy grail indicator? Are they just better at charting than everyone else, or is there more to it?
A couple years ago I read a study from a prop firm that encompassed roughly 10,000 traders over the course of a year and the stats were fascinating. It revealed what the best traders are accomplishing month to month and what the masses are not.
Traders in this group were graded on the below nine defined trade metrics and the results are highly enlightening.
Take a quick glance through these metrics and ask yourself if you know how you perform? In fact, pull your trade stats from your brokerage account and have them ready to compare to what’s below.
Let’s dive into the details:
Average Win Vs. Maximum Loss
Profit Factor
Win vs Loss duration