Execution Precision
What it is
Execution Precision provides a summary assessment of your broker's fill accuracy across all trades. While the other TCA views examine specific dimensions (slippage distribution, latency, temporal patterns), this view synthesizes them into overall precision metrics — how often fills are within acceptable tolerances, and how your execution compares against benchmark expectations.
Think of it as the scorecard for your broker's execution quality. The individual views explain why execution is good or bad; Execution Precision tells you how good or bad it is overall.
How to access it
Navigate to Execution Precision in the Execution Quality dashboard. Available on Pro and Premium plans.
What you see
The chart displays:
- Large central percentage — The execution precision score: signals successfully executed divided by total signals generated. This is the single most important number — it tells you what percentage of your strategy's signals actually resulted in filled trades. The percentage is color-coded at a glance: green above 93%, amber between 90–93%, red below 90%.
- Title format —
X% (executed/total) — Y missing— shows the precision percentage, the raw counts, and how many signals were not filled. - Red triangle markers — Each red triangle on the timeline represents a missing execution — a signal that was generated by the strategy but was not filled by the broker. These markers show exactly when missing executions occurred, helping identify patterns (e.g., clustering during specific hours, days, or market conditions).
- X-axis — Signal Time (UTC) — signals displayed in chronological order.
The timeline view is particularly valuable because it reveals whether missing executions are random (scattered) or systematic (clustered at specific times).
How to interpret it
The precision score
The large central percentage is your signal execution rate — what fraction of strategy signals actually resulted in filled trades. A score of 91.2% (103/113) means 10 signals were generated but never executed.
| Precision Score | Assessment |
|---|---|
| > 95% | Excellent — nearly all signals execute |
| 90–95% | Good — occasional missed fills, acceptable |
| 80–90% | Moderate — investigate missing execution causes |
| < 80% | Poor — significant signal loss, review EA connection and broker |
Missing execution markers
Each red triangle on the timeline marks a signal that was not executed. The timeline view reveals whether missing executions are:
- Scattered randomly — Occasional connection interruptions, acceptable.
- Clustered at specific times — Systematic issue during certain market conditions, broker maintenance windows, or session transitions — worth investigating.
- Clustered in a specific period — Possible EA disconnection or server issue during that time.
Common causes of missing executions
- MT5 terminal offline or EA disabled at signal time
- Broker market closed or instrument not available
- Insufficient margin to open position
- Emergency stop loss already active — EA blocks new trades
- Connection timeout between Strateda server and MT5 terminal
Actionable thresholds
A precision score above 90% is generally acceptable for most strategies. Below 90%, investigate the execution log for the specific times marked by red triangles — the log will show whether signals were sent but rejected, or never received by MT5.
Example
Execution precision for BTCUSD live strategy:
- Precision: 91.2% — 103 of 113 signals executed, 10 missing.
- Red triangle markers scattered across the timeline — no obvious clustering at specific hours.
- Missing executions appear random rather than systematic.
Interpretation: 91.2% precision is acceptable. The 10 missing executions show no time-of-day clustering, suggesting occasional connection interruptions rather than a systematic broker or EA issue. Cross-referencing with the execution log for those specific timestamps would confirm the cause of each missed fill.