Edge Lab is the advanced analytics page that combines your saved sessions into a bigger-picture view of your performance. Where the session report covers one backtest, Edge Lab zooms out across many, so patterns invisible in a single test - improving expectancy, a consistently weak market, a recurring drawdown driver - become clear.
Why aggregate analytics matter
Any single session can be lucky or unlucky. Trends only emerge with volume. By pooling sessions, Edge Lab gives you the larger sample that statistical significance requires, turning scattered results into a reliable read on where your edge actually lives and whether it is getting stronger or weaker.
What the panels show
- Headline metrics: aggregate net result, expectancy, profit factor, and maximum drawdown across your sessions.
- Edge trend: whether your expectancy is improving, declining, or flat over time - are you actually getting better?
- Market ranking: how different instruments compare, so you can lean into your strongest and question your weakest.
- Weak spots: your lowest-expectancy area, heaviest drawdown, and longest losing streak, surfaced so you know exactly what to fix.
- Trade distribution: how winners and losers, longs and shorts, and reward-to-risk bands break down.
How to use it
Read Edge Lab as a diagnostic, not a trophy case. Start with the edge trend: if expectancy is climbing, your process is working - keep going. Then check the weak spots and market ranking to choose your next improvement. The goal is always one concrete action: drop a weak market, add a filter to your heaviest-drawdown setup, or double down on what ranks best.
Important: Edge Lab is only as good as the data feeding it. The insights sharpen as you accumulate more saved sessions. Build the habit of saving your backtests and the analytics grow more trustworthy over time.
Where it fits
Edge Lab is an Ultra-tier feature that sits on top of the everyday loop. You still run sessions and read individual reports; Edge Lab is where you step back periodically to see the whole trajectory. It pairs naturally with a regular backtesting routine - the routine generates the sessions, Edge Lab reads the trend across them.
Edge Lab FAQ
What is the Edge Lab in FxBacktest?
The advanced analytics page that aggregates your saved sessions into overall expectancy, profit factor, drawdown, edge trends, and weak spots.
How is it different from the session report?
The session report covers one backtest; Edge Lab zooms out across many sessions to reveal trends and weak spots that need a larger sample to appear.
Do I need enough trades for it to be useful?
Yes. It is only as reliable as the sample behind it, so it grows more trustworthy as you accumulate saved sessions and trades.