Glossary
Every word and label the app uses, in plain language, with a link to the page that explains it properly.
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A
Account line. The value of a simulated account over time, starting at 100. It isn't euros or dollars, just a scale: 250 means the account grew 2.5 times. Every strategy and portfolio has one, drawn on the Equity chart. See The strategy page.
Accumulator. A DCA plan that buys in steps as price falls toward cheap levels, for example ESMA Snap Accumulator DCA. See DCA books.
Actual. On a portfolio's Allocation chart, the account's real split after prices have moved. Compare Target. See Reading the portfolio charts.
Alert. An e-mail when a strategy switches between Long and Flat, or a portfolio's mix changes. Paid plan. See Alerts.
Alert Report. A portfolio alert whose e-mail also lists the new split of the account, with one buy or sell line per asset. The plain version is Alert-Only. See Alerts.
B
Backtest. Replaying fixed rules on past prices to see what they would have done. Every strategy here is a backtest from 2015 (or later, if the market is younger), kept up to date every night. See How the backtests are built.
Backtest fallback. In a portfolio, where a market's share of the portfolio waits before that market's price history begins: cash, Buy & Hold of another market, or another strategy. Choices marked "from" start later themselves. See Backtest fallback and late listings.
Bar, candle. One block of price history: open, high, low and close over a fixed period. Every strategy here uses 5-day bars. A closed bar is finished; strategies and alerts only act on closed bars.
(BTC) prefix. A strategy that trades another market, such as ETH, but takes its signal from the BTC chart, for example (BTC) God Emperor T9 - ETHUSD. Altcoins tend to follow BTC's big trends, and BTC's longer history gives steadier signals.
Board. One portfolio's page: its weights, rules and charts.
Bookmark. A pin on a strategy or portfolio that keeps it at the top of its list. Paid plan. See Bookmarks.
Box zoom. A button on the strategy page: drag a rectangle on the chart to zoom into it. Reset zooms back out.
Buy & Hold. The comparison line that bought the market at the start of the window and never sold. It answers "would simply holding have done better?"
C
CAGR. Compound annual growth rate: the average yearly growth, as if the account had grown at a steady pace. See Return and CAGR.
Calmar. CAGR divided by the deepest drawdown. Higher means more growth per unit of worst-case pain. See Sharpe, Sortino, Omega and Calmar.
Cash. The part of the account that isn't in any market. A Flat strategy's share is held as cash, earning nothing in the backtest.
Class. A group of markets in a portfolio: Crypto, Stocks, Gold, DCA or Cash. DCA counts as a class because it's a different way of holding BTC, not a different asset. See Markets and asset classes.
Consensus. The category of index strategies, where several strategies vote. See Index.
Correlation. On a portfolio, a grid showing how alike its strategies move, from -1 (opposite) through 0 (unrelated) to 1 (identical). Lower numbers mean better diversification, not worse strategies. See Reading the portfolio charts.
Crossover (C). An index strategy that is Long while more of its votes are bullish than bearish. The C in names such as Lisan al-Gaib C4.2.
Cutoff date. Where the free version ends, about three months before today. See Free and paid access.
D
DCA. Dollar-cost averaging: buying gradually rather than all at once. The DCA strategies here buy more BTC when it looks cheap and take profit in steps when it looks expensive. See DCA books.
Default portfolio. One of the ready-made portfolios marked [GPS]. Read-only; members duplicate one to change it. See Default portfolios to explore.
Drawdown, Max DD. How far an account fell from its previous high, in percent; Max DD is the deepest such fall. The strategy page shows two: Equity max DD, the deepest fall of the whole account line, and Trade max DD, the worst dip inside a single trade. See Drawdown.
Duplicate. The copy icon icon that makes an editable copy of a portfolio. Paid plan.
Dynamic mix. A portfolio whose rules shift the allocation between classes when chosen strategies go Long or Flat. See Dynamic mix: rules.
E
Entry, exit. An entry is a buy (Flat to Long); an exit is a sell (Long to Flat). Shown as gold and blue circles on the price chart.
Equity. The value of the account at each moment, open positions included. The Equity chart plots it.
F
Five-day bar (5D). For crypto, gold and the S&P 500, a bar of five calendar days starting at midnight UTC, counted from 1 January. For stock funds such as SOXX, five trading days. See Markets and asset classes.
Flat. The strategy is out of the market and holds cash. Opposite of Long. See Keeping up with a strategy.
Free version. What visitors see: everything, but only up to the cutoff date. A note reads "Free version ends ...". See Free and paid access.
G
[GPS]. Short for Golden Path Strategies; marks the default portfolios we publish.
I
Index strategy. A strategy made of several single strategies that vote Long or Flat. Some get two votes, which is why Von Lohengramm T7 has seven strategies but nine votes. See What a strategy does.
L
Log scale. A chart scale where equal heights mean equal percentage moves, so a doubling from 100 to 200 looks the same as one from 10,000 to 20,000. Useful for long histories.
Long. The strategy holds the market. Opposite of Flat.
Long-only. Never bets on falling prices. Every strategy here is long-only.
M
Multi-Ticker, two-market strategy. A strategy that compares two markets, such as Andromedus T2 - BTCUSD/SPX (BTC against the S&P 500). See Two-market strategies.
O
Omega. All gains weighed against all losses, by size. Above 1 means gains outweigh losses. See Sharpe, Sortino, Omega and Calmar.
P
PF, profit factor. Total won divided by total lost, over closed trades. Shows "-" on portfolios. See Trade statistics.
Portfolio. Several strategies combined into one simulated account with weights and, optionally, rules. See What a portfolio does.
R
Rebalance. Resetting a portfolio to its planned split. Portfolios here don't rebalance on a schedule; the allocation changes when strategies enter and exit. See How the simulated account moves.
Return. Total gain over the whole window. Over eleven years of crypto these get very large; CAGR is easier to compare. See Return and CAGR.
Rule. In a portfolio, an instruction that changes the mix when a chosen strategy is Long or Flat. A strategy listed under Rules gets no allocation; only its signal is used. See Dynamic mix: rules.
S
Sharpe. Return per unit of ups and downs. Higher is better; above 1 is good over a long period. See Sharpe, Sortino, Omega and Calmar.
Sortino. Like Sharpe, but only counts the downs.
Static mix. A portfolio with a fixed split between classes. See Static mix and weights.
Strategy. A fixed set of rules that decides when to hold a market and when to hold cash. See What a strategy does.
T
Target. On a portfolio's Allocation chart, the split the portfolio set at its last buy or sale. Compare Actual.
Threshold (T). An index strategy that needs a minimum number of agreeing votes before it buys, shown as a dashed Threshold line under the price chart. The T in God Emperor T9.
Ticker. The short code of a market: BTC (Bitcoin), ETH (Ethereum), SOL (Solana), HYPE (Hyperliquid's token), VVV (Venice AI's token), SOXX (a chip-stock fund), SPX (the S&P 500), XAU (gold). TOTAL, TOTAL2 and OTHERS measure the whole crypto market, all of it except BTC, and all of it except the largest coins; they can't be bought directly. See Markets and asset classes.
TIM, time in market. The share of bars in which the account held a position, however small. A portfolio often shows close to 100%, because at least one of its strategies is nearly always holding something, even while others are Flat.
Trade. One buy plus the sell that closes it, a round trip, so a strategy with 16 trades placed 32 orders. A position that's still open is listed on the Trades tab but only counted once it closes. DCA books list every lot they sell as its own trade, and on a portfolio Trades counts exits. See How the backtests are built.
W
Weights. The panel on a portfolio that shows how the portfolio is split: classes, then markets, then strategies. See Static mix and weights.
Whop. The payment platform where you buy, manage and cancel a plan. You can also sign in with it. See Account, profile and settings.
Win rate. The share of closed trades that made money. With only 15 trades, one more loss can drop it by several points, so read it next to the trade count.
Window. The dates the numbers cover. Change it with 1Y to All or your own start and end dates.
Worst trade. The biggest loss on a single closed trade.