Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions
What the Robustness Score is — and what it isn't — how we preserve independence, and what to expect from a certificate.
What is the Robustness Score?
It's a 0–100 rating that summarizes how robust your strategy is: whether its results hold up under the statistical tests that detect overfitting. It comes with a band — Robust, Conditional Robustness, Limited Robustness, or Not Robust — and a verdict that explains the result. It measures robustness, not expected profitability.
What is the Score NOT?
It is not a prediction of gains or a promise about the future. A high Score means the strategy showed robustness in the validation — not that it will be profitable. Past performance does not guarantee future results, and no validation eliminates the risk of loss.
Is this financial advice?
No. TRAVIDENCE is an independent validation service. We don't recommend investing, trading, or allocating capital, we don't manage money, and we don't issue investment advice. The certificate describes a strategy's robustness; the decision to use it is yours.
How is independence preserved?
We don't trade strategies, and we don't sell funded accounts or challenge evaluations: we don't depend on your strategy passing or failing, so the verdict is impartial. We validate from your trade history, with no access to your logic or your parameters. That separation of interests is the foundation of a credible result.
What does a high Score guarantee — and what doesn't it?
It guarantees the strategy passed audit-grade validation across the dimensions evaluated: its results withstood the statistical tests that detect overfitting. It does not guarantee future profitability or the absence of losses: markets change, and robustness is not the same as guaranteed returns.
How does reproducibility work?
Every certificate includes a Reproducibility Hash, a cryptographic fingerprint of the verdict and its inputs. Given the same inputs, the system produces the same verdict and the same hash, so anyone can confirm the document wasn't altered after it was issued. The TRV- certificate ID uniquely identifies each certificate.
What if my sample is small?
With few trades it's hard to separate signal from noise: a good result may be luck. When the evidence isn't enough for an audit-grade evaluation, the outcome is a Disclaimer of Opinion — not a «failure,» but the honest acknowledgment that there isn't enough data yet. The path forward is to generate more trades and resubmit.
Which sources do you accept?
The primary input is your strategy's backtest: the trade record it produces. What we evaluate is that history, not the platform itself, so coverage is broad. Today you can upload the history or backtest exported from MetaTrader 4 and 5, TradingView, NinjaTrader, cTrader, and thinkorswim, plus a generic CSV if your platform isn't on the list — covering forex, CFDs, metals, futures, and indices. If you trade crypto, you can also connect your Binance, Bybit, OKX, or Hyperliquid account directly. In every case we validate from the trade record; you choose the format when uploading your data on the platform.