Signal performance: check, don't trust
Short version for experts: tables, lists and screenshots only.
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Why you need it
Any screener can show signals beautifully. The real question is different: what happened to those signals next? The "Signal performance" tab answers it with numbers.
How it works:
- A screener produced a signal — MAMAY recorded it: which stock or coin, the price, the time, which screener, which side.
- Time passed — MAMAY looked at where the price went and calculated the result.
- The results are collected in a table for each screener and each setup.
What to look at first
| Metric | What it means | What to watch for |
|---|---|---|
| Signals | how many times the rule triggered | under 30 — too early to draw conclusions |
| Win rate | what share of signals closed in profit | on its own it means little |
| Average result | how much one signal brought on average | the key number: plus or minus after costs |
| Holding time | how long the trade lasted | shown in hours and minutes |
The "Signals" feed and the signal card
The "Signals" button in the left menu (under the DEMO/REAL switch) shows every signal from every screener in one place: crypto, US, Russia, plus alerts from your group in the "Community". A new signal pops up in the top right; which markets pop up and the sound are set with the speaker icon in the feed.
My prop account only. If you've set up a prop account in the "Prop Hub", a "Prop account" choice appears in the feed: "only "account name"" or "only my prop accounts (any)". What remains are signals for what you can trade on that account: by the challenge's instrument list (the MAMAY extension collects it from the firm's platform page — coins and TradFi tickers), and if there's no list — by the account's market (a crypto account — all crypto, a stock account — all US stocks). MOEX signals and anything not on the account are hidden — in the feed, in the pop-ups and in the counter on the button.
Click any signal and a card opens: in five seconds you can see what it is and what to do.
| Part of the card | What it gives you |
|---|---|
| The verdict at the top | based on the live price: enter / wait for the entry price / too late / broken (price beyond the stop) / played out |
| Mini chart | candles before and after the signal, the entry, stop, target and the moment of the signal |
| Plan | entry (market, limit or stop order), stop, target, % from the current price, reward/risk as planned and right now |
| What it is and how to work with it | in plain words for every screener |
| How much to trust it | how this screener and this exact kind of signal performed over 30 days in trades taken on signals, past signals on the ticker |
| Actions | "Open in Terminal", "Plan to chart", "To room", "Took it" / "Skipped" — marks for later review |
The ← → arrows page through signals, Enter goes to "Terminal", Esc closes.
"Open in Terminal" opens exactly the signal's ticker, and the chart shows where and why it appeared: an arrow at the moment of the signal with the screener's name, the entry, stop and target lines, and a "Signal … · 3 h ago" banner at the bottom. "Card" on the banner takes you back to the verdict, "✕" removes the mark — it isn't saved into your own markup. Telegram messages from "MAMAY Breakout" and "Waves" contain a "Signal card in MAMAY" link — on the computer where MAMAY is running, it brings the window to the front and opens the same card.
Screener overlaps
For US and Russian stocks, MAMAY also marks every signal with which other screeners flagged the same stock at that moment. Over time, the "What's been tested" block on the "Board" tabs will show which combinations actually work.
A professional's habit
Once a week open this tab and ask yourself three questions:
- Which screener has been profitable over the last month?
- Which one is losing — and am I trading exactly that one?
- Are there enough signals to trust these numbers?