The Overview tab on the strategy page of the Social Trading app shows a number of important things to consider before investing in a strategy of your choice.
Risk Score
The risk score reflects the level of risk taken. The higher the score, the greater the risk and chance of making money, or losing money more rapidly.
Note: The risk score is not available for strategies with Pro accounts.
- Moderate: 1-5
- High: 6-8
- Extra High: 9-10
Return
Return measures the change of equity seen in a specific strategy. The Return is updated roughly every 20 minutes for strategies with Social Standard and Social Pro accounts and once every hour for Pro accounts. Click the Return card to show the return metric updated with statistics that calculate the change in a strategy’s equity.
Details
- Performance fee
This shows the amount of performance fee paid by investors to strategy providers when an investment returns a profit.
- Leverage
A ratio of the strategy provider’s own funds to borrowed funds. Higher leverage means increased exposure to the markets due to an increase in contract size.
- Investors
This shows how many investors are currently copying this strategy.
- Strategy equity
This is the total value of the account if all positions are closed; it also shows the account currency of the strategy.
- Account type
Account types may have different requirements. The trading conditions and copying process depends on the type of account used in the strategy (Social Standard, Social Pro, or Pro).
- Minimum investment, USD
This is the smallest amount of money you can invest in the strategy. The strategy provider may change this amount at any time. These details are important for investors to find a strategy that suits them the most.
Description
This section shows the strategy provider's mindset and reasoning behind their strategy. At the bottom of the details panel, you can also see when the strategy was created.
Symbols
Here you can view the different instruments the strategy provider usually trades.
About Trader
This section gives you information about the strategy provider; their name, how long they’ve been with Exness, and where they are from.
The strategy provider’s Trading Reliability Level is also shown here. Clicking on the TRL will bring up more details about the TRL.
Learn more about Trading Reliability Level (TRL) in Social Trading.
To read more about them you can click See details. Under this section, you will find a short introduction to the strategy provider which can give you useful insight into their personality and experience with forex.
Billing Period
This is a set amount of time between performance fee payments and ends on the last Friday of the month.