The SignalDeck Blog

R-value frameworks, execution analysis, and the metrics that separate professional traders from everyone else.

Analytics

How to Calculate Your Trading System Quality Number (SQN)

The SQN score tells you whether your trading system is statistically tradable or just a fluke. Here's how to calculate it from your own trade data, what the benchmarks mean, and how SignalDeck automates it.

R-Value

Why Your Win Rate Is Lying to You (And What to Track Instead)

Win rate is the most cited - and most misleading - metric in retail trading. Here's what professional traders measure instead, and why R-multiples change everything.

Process

The Complete Trade Post Mortem Template

A structured framework for reviewing every closed trade - not just winners and losers, but process quality, management decisions, training gaps, and what to do differently next time.