Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know, from signup to scaling.

Sign up for a free account at pnlytics.io/dashboard. Once logged in, you'll see your unique webhook URL and can immediately start sending trade alerts or import historical data via CSV.
A webhook is a URL that receives your trade alerts automatically. After signing up, copy your unique webhook URL from the dashboard and paste it into your trading platform's alert settings. Every time an alert fires, the data is sent to Pnlytics instantly.
Pnlytics works with any platform that can send webhook alerts: TradingView, TradersPost, 3Commas, Bybit, Alpaca, and custom bots. We automatically normalize field names and action values so you don't need to change your alert format. The action must be buy, sell or exit (or a common alias such as long, short, close, take_profit, stop_loss) and the price above zero; an alert that fails that is not saved and is listed under Alert issues in Settings. TradingView strategy alerts can also send market_position and prev_market_position, which lets Pnlytics tell a scale-in from a missed exit.
Yes. You can upload a CSV file of your historical trades from the Settings page. The import runs in the background so you can keep using the dashboard while it processes.
Futures (MNQ, MES, NQ, ES, YM, RTY, GC, CL, bonds, currency futures), US index and oil CFDs (NAS100, US500, US30, USOIL), spot gold and silver, the major forex pairs, USD and USDT crypto spot pairs (BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, DOGE and others), and the larger US stocks and ETFs (AAPL, TSLA, NVDA, SPY, QQQ, TQQQ). Each has its point value and session boundary built in. Anything quoted in another currency (GER40, UK100, GBPJPY) is stored but not valued yet; the dashboard tells you when an alert arrives for one.
Daily P&L with intraday charts, a monthly P&L calendar, time patterns (hourly and day of week), target P&L simulation, an execution optimizer, strategy comparison, cost tolerance, risk analysis (VaR, CVaR), and Monte Carlo simulations. Higher plans unlock more advanced tabs.
Free gives you Daily P&L, Monthly P&L and Recent Trades with up to 3 strategies and 30 days of history. Basic ($19/mo founders price) adds Time Patterns (hourly and day of week) and Target P&L, with up to 10 strategies and a year of history. Pro ($49/mo) unlocks everything: Optimizer, Today, Comparison Stats, Risk Analysis, Monte Carlo, the Cost Tolerance tile, unlimited strategies and unlimited history. CSV import is available on Basic and Pro (Settings page); every plan can download all of its data from Settings.
A single 0–100 number that ranks strategies on the full picture instead of any one metric. Higher is better: 70+ strong, 40–70 mixed, under 40 weak. The exact weighting is proprietary.
N/A means the strategy doesn't have enough closed trades yet for the Score to be trustworthy. We require at least 30 closed trades before calculating it.
The deepest hole this strategy has ever put your account in. Use it to answer two questions:
  • How much capital do I need? Plan to survive at least the Max DD with a safety buffer. If Max DD is -$3,000, an account of $5,000-$6,000 gives you room.
  • Will this strategy survive my prop-firm eval account? If your Max DD exceeds your eval's trailing drawdown limit (e.g. Apex $50K = $2,500 trailing DD), the strategy will breach the limit at some point; the historical record already shows it has.
The metric is shown as a negative number; the bigger that number, the deeper the worst stretch was. Methodology follows standard industry convention used in broker statements and quant risk reports.
The typical drawdown size you'll actually experience. Max DD shows you the worst-ever stretch (rare); Median shows you what a normal bad stretch looks like.

Why median and not average? Because drawdown sizes are heavily skewed by tail events: a single outlier can drag the average to a number you'd never actually feel. The median is what you'll hit most of the time, so it's a more honest picture of day-to-day pain.

Use it together: Max DD = how bad can it get, Median = what to expect on a normal bad day. If they're close, the risk is consistent. If Max is much bigger than Median, the strategy has rare-but-severe blow-up risk.
Yes. You can upgrade, downgrade, or cancel your subscription at any time from the dashboard. If you cancel, you keep access until the end of your current billing period.