A modest edge repeated is the strongest force in trading. See what yours compounds into.
Compounding rewards consistency over heroics: 3% a week is +365% in a year, while chasing 50% months usually ends with the drawdown math working against you. The gap between the compounded and simple rows is the payment for discipline.
No week is average — treat the rate as your long-run mean including losing weeks, which for consistently profitable retail traders lands in low single digits weekly.
A common pattern: compound to a target account size, then withdraw a fixed share monthly. Full compounding maximizes growth and also maximizes what a late drawdown costs.
They ARE the r — one -5% week among +4% weeks drags the geometric mean hard. Keep drawdowns shallow and the curve survives.
Free, no signup, runs entirely in your browser. Educational tool — not financial advice. Practice the setup risk-free on the MarginPad paper-trading terminal before putting real money behind it.