Positioning and performance answer different questions.
Positioning
Positioning asks: what is currently open?
Use open-position reads and product positioning bars for:
- current long/short exposure
- open-position skew by asset
- open positions by trader
- whether visible traders are currently leaning long, short, or neutral
Positioning is based on open positions. It is not a price prediction and not a performance metric.
Performance asks: how have positions performed in a selected sample?
Use trader stats, asset stats, and position history for:
1D, 7D, and 30D time-based returns- win rate
- average and median return
- Sharpe Ratio
- asset focus
- historical direction bias
Performance depends on the selected Trade Sample Window and Time-Based Performance Window.
Generated summaries
Generated narrative summaries answer a third question: what themes and narratives were present in a source or aggregate window?
They are useful for market narrative, but they are not evidence for exact trade counts, public activity rankings, or current open-position skew.
Practical rule
Last modified on October 22, 2026
