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Profit Factor is one of the most cited performance metrics in trading — and one of the most misread. This article explains what the number actually represents, what a useful threshold looks like for a trading strategy, and how darwintIQ pairs it with Stability and Robustness to keep the metric honest.

USDJPY currently reads bullish, with regime and model leadership broadly aligned. Main risk: Current expectancy looks weak.

Slippage and spread are the most underestimated costs in quantitative trading. This article explains what each is, when they hit hardest, and why high-frequency or thinly-traded models can see profitable edges disappear once execution is accounted for.

SP500 currently reads bearish, with regime and model leadership broadly aligned.

A single backtest tells you what a model did. A Monte Carlo simulation tells you what it could plausibly have done. This article explains the method, the questions it answers, and how darwintIQ's evaluation philosophy aligns with it.