THE METHOD BEHIND THE NUMBERS

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Return methodology: sonic-master-gain-24x-v1-20260918 · documentation reviewed 19 September 2026. Latest import: 2026-10-30.

Master data and amplified comparisons

Trade prices, lots, dates, cash P/L and provider Gain are preserved as source records. We sum reported master trade Gain percentages within each closing month and multiply by the selected amplification: Master (1×), 12× or 24×. The performance page defaults to 24×. Amplification scales gains and losses equally before fees. This is a comparison estimate, not Sonic’s exact published series or an observed follower account. Master mode uses the same rounded-Gain method at 1×; it does not reconstruct the provider’s actual balance history.

For example, master gains of 0.04%, −0.01% and 0.05% sum to 0.08%; the 24× before-fee estimate is 1.92%. Rounded source Gain can be zero despite nonzero cash P/L. We preserve that zero and use cash P/L for wins and losses. We never invent missing Gain from dollar profit.

Precision and reporting dates

The available provider gains are rounded, usually to two decimal places. Multiplying by 24 magnifies that rounding; differences from Sonic’s posts are expected. Sources with more precise verified gains can improve the estimate. Historical source timestamps before 2 November 2026 retain UTC+3. Verified master trades from that broker day use UTC+2; website reporting uses Dubai (UTC+4). A late broker-day trade can fall into the next Dubai day. Dates and cutoffs must match before comparing daily figures.

Published history starts on 22 September 2025. Trades opened before that date remain archived and are excluded. All public monthly, weekly and selected-range calculations use eligible trades by closing date. Partial periods use their actual trades, never prorated full months. Date-range weekly rows are clipped to the selected dates. No results after the import cutoff are inferred.

Fees and compounding

The homepage headline results, monthly cards and account illustration show net estimates after the 30% performance fee. The performance page also shows net results for the selected amplification and starting balance. Individual month detail pages show both before-fee and after-fee figures. The standalone historical calculator offers a fee switch; its result label identifies the selected basis.

For each positive monthly portion, net return equals before-fee return multiplied by (1 − fee percentage ÷ 100). Zero or negative monthly portions are unchanged. At a 30% fee, a 1.92% before-fee return becomes 1.344% net; a −1.92% monthly return remains −1.92%. This models fees without confirming Sonic’s actual fee timing, high-water marks or follower payouts. A selected part of a month can have a different fee estimate from the same trades within a full-month selection.

Within a month, amplified trade percentages are added. Across months, monthly returns are compounded: multiply (1 + each monthly return ÷ 100), then subtract 1. We apply amplification before compounding, rather than multiplying an already compounded return. The performance scenario reinvests all net profits at month end. The historical calculator offers 12× or 24× and 0–100% reinvestment of positive profits; withdrawn profit accumulates as cash, while losses reduce trading capital in full.

Your account scenario and trade results

Each trade’s before-fee dollar contribution is its amplified Gain percentage applied to the opening balance of its selected monthly portion. There is no trade-by-trade compounding within that month. The next month starts with the previous month’s net ending balance.

For a positive month, we allocate the estimated monthly fee across its profitable trade contributions in proportion to their before-fee profits. Losing contributions remain unchanged. These net trade contributions supply the best trade, worst trade, average winning trade, average losing trade and net profit factor in the scenario. Net profit factor is total positive contributions divided by the absolute total negative contributions; it is unavailable when there are no negative contributions. Changing the balance scales dollar amounts; changing amplification recalculates the monthly series and subsequent balances.

Weekly dollar breakdowns sum those same net trade contributions, so they add up to the scenario’s total net profit. They do not charge a separate weekly fee. Monthly breakdowns show only the selected dates and are hidden when all selected trades fall in one month. A weekly contribution within a long scenario can differ from a standalone 7D result because its opening capital and monthly fee allocation differ.

The account-value chart starts at the chosen dollar balance and adds each Dubai day’s net closed-trade contributions. Its endpoint matches the ending account value. It is an illustration with monthly fees allocated back to trades, not observed equity or a record of when fees were collected. It cannot measure actual drawdown, open-position losses, deposits, withdrawals or execution differences.

Homepage trade percentages

The homepage’s compact trade list uses a different allocation for its net percentage display: each amplified trade Gain is multiplied by its closing month’s net-to-before-fee return ratio. At a 30% fee this is 0.7 in a positive month and 1 in a zero or negative month. This allocation scales both winning and losing percentages in a positive month. The account scenario instead allocates fees only across profitable dollar contributions and preserves losses in full. Both allocations reach the same monthly net return for the same trades and starting capital, but individual trade figures can differ. Neither allocation represents an actual per-trade fee charged by Sonic.

Trading commission and other costs

Liquidity-provider commission: $10 per lot of gold traded, per trade. No additional lot commission is deducted from reported master Gain. In the 83-trade July–September 2026 sample, master P/L already reconciles to price-movement profit less $10 per lot. This does not establish the cost basis of every historical trade or follower account. No additional commission or tax is assumed. No amplification is applied a second time to an already amplified series.

Original workbook reference

The earlier workbook method converted master cash P/L using factor 0.00018105061968624878, then applied the performance fee. Its source methodology is owner-confirmed-utc3-20260916. These legacy illustrations are preserved below and in the source database, but no longer supply public headlines or calculators. The first published partial month retains its original eligibility adjustment. This table is a separate method, not a second amplification of current returns.

Statistics and limitations

Trade counts, win rates, durations and winning/losing streaks use the recorded master trades. Wins and losses follow source cash P/L, even when rounded Gain is zero. These counts do not change with account size or amplification. Figures explicitly labeled master P/L retain the reported source dollars. The performance scenario’s dollar trade cards and net profit factor are modeled results for the selected account, not master-account statistics. Display values are rounded; calculations retain greater precision, so displayed rows may differ slightly from displayed totals. Historical results do not predict future returns.

Reconciliation and revisions

Validated source imports preserve row provenance and original workbook controls. Public returns are derived from the current confirmed trade snapshot using the version above. A methodology change does not overwrite source trades or legacy returns. Generated result facts carry the return methodology version so stale drafts require review. Previously sent messages and saved historical reports are not silently rewritten.