QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU DECIDE
FAQ
Answers for the planned Edge on Trial Checker. As of 9 November 2026, CET (Europe/Vienna). Orders are not open. An optional launch-only waitlist is open.
Will it read my export?
Import supported MT5 account-history and Strategy Tester HTML reports, MT5 Deals or closed-position CSVs, and TradingView Strategy Tester trade-list CSVs containing per-trade net money P&L. Recognised English and German headers are supported. The Checker runs offline; unsupported or ambiguous deal/event layouts are rejected instead of auto-reconstructed. XLS/XLSX, XML, PDF and percentage-only results are not supported directly.
The Checker supports tested English/German MT5 table layouts with Time, Deal, Symbol, Type, Direction, Volume, Commission, Swap and Profit, with optional Fee/Fees, Taxes and Position ID columns. Older tested Tester headers Trade and Profit Column are also recognised. It combines entry and exit fees and signed swap once, using the supplied executed P&L without charging spread again.
With Position IDs, related scale-ins and partial closes are combined until the position is fully closed. Without Position IDs, only one entry followed by its partial or final exits per symbol is accepted; overlapping entries are rejected, not FIFO-paired. Reversals, close-by deals, missing entries, duplicate tickets, over-closes and indistinguishable entry/exit timestamps require a reconciled completed-position CSV. Deal volumes must be plain positive decimals with at most eight decimal places. Positions still open at the end—including any partial-exit results—are excluded from completed-position statistics.
TradingView trade-list CSVs may use Trade # or Trade number, Date/Time or Date and time, and per-trade money columns such as Net P&L USD or Net PnL USD. Return % and cumulative P&L columns are not used as cash results. Recognised German equivalents include Handelsgeschäft #, Typ, Datum/Uhrzeit and G&V netto EUR. Entry rows are excluded from performance; matching entry/exit directions and supplied quantities are checked. Repeated entries/exits, mismatched quantities, unknown event types and Open/Offen-marked exits require reconciliation. Percentage-only exports cannot be converted to money by this tool.
Closed MT4/MT5 position tables, the previously documented cTrader/FX Blue/Myfxbook CSV presets, and normalised completed-trade journals remain available. A recognised layout is not a guarantee that every broker/version, cost posting or translated label is covered. Export one account in one three-letter account currency. No currency conversion is performed. Compare the imported closed-record count, total and a known trade with your original report.
CSV supports comma, semicolon or tab delimiters; decimal-dot or decimal-comma values; UTF-8 and BOM-marked UTF-16LE/BE. Ambiguous numbers/dates need review. Limits are 5 MiB and 10,000 input rows before filtering or reconstruction—not 10,000 completed trades plus their entry rows. Use a desktop browser; the tested workflow is offline Chrome on Linux, not a verified iPhone-only workflow.
Evidence: synthetic reconstructions of documented layouts, independently checked with Python Decimal/statistics and tested in both extracted download packages. Not certification against every current real broker export. Before paying, compare the workflow in the planned demo. Demo access is not open yet.
Do I have to upload my trades or give account access?
No. The Checker is an HTML file that runs offline in your desktop browser. Your file stays in the page’s memory and is not uploaded. No account, broker login or investor password is needed, and the app uses no telemetry, cookies or browser storage. Reports you choose to save stay on your own disk.
Why not just use Excel or a free journal?
You can use Excel or a free journal. Our planned one-time $27 tool is narrower: costs counted once, modelled cost stress and uncertainty beside the average, with “Not enough evidence” allowed. If your spreadsheet already answers that clearly, keep it. Otherwise check your exact layout above first. The Checker is not a journal or a decision about whether you should trade.
Will it tell me if my strategy is good?
No. It shows what your recorded trades leave after the costs you state, and how much evidence the sample holds. It cannot predict future returns, cannot fix missing or cherry-picked trades and does not detect overfitting, repainting or look-ahead bias automatically. It is not a backtester, signal service or broker sync.
Does it help with prop firm evaluations?
It shows closed-trade drawdown and cost effects. That is not the same as intraday equity or a firm’s trailing drawdown rule, so it cannot certify compliance or predict a passed evaluation. No funding or payout promises.
Who is behind Trade by Evidence?
Trade by Evidence is a small, independent education brand run by one person in Austria. Provider details are not yet complete: see the current Impressum. This is an unresolved pre-launch limitation, not a legal clearance. We show the method, label worked examples and publish corrections, not invented testimonials.
What will it cost?
The planned price is $27 (US sales tax may be added at checkout depending on your state) / 27,00 € incl. VAT, as a one-time payment. No subscription. Orders are not open yet; this is waitlist-only.
What about refunds?
Orders are not open yet. No voluntary money-back guarantee is offered. Statutory withdrawal rights and remedies for faulty or non-conforming digital content remain unaffected. Downloading alone does not waive statutory rights. See the withdrawal notice and Terms of Sale.
Does it work on my phone?
The workflow has been tested in desktop Chrome. Phones are fine for watching and the free calculator, but use a desktop for importing exports.
Is this investment advice?
No. Everything here is general education. We don’t know your situation and don’t give personal recommendations to buy, sell or hold anything.
Still unsure? Read how we test or start with the free calculator.