Where the numbers come from
Every performance figure on this site is sourced. Here is the hierarchy we trust, strongest first — and where a figure sits low on it, we say so.
1. On-chain timestamp receipts
The strongest evidence in this category. A SHA-256 hash of each Vector Ridge alert is anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain at publication, producing a public receipt that cannot be altered after the fact. A historical call can be matched against its receipt, which proves the entry, target, stop and grade were fixed before the trade resolved.
2. Independent third-party audit
A named reviewer with no commercial stake examines the underlying records and publishes the result. A platform leaderboard is not an audit, and a happy-customer quote is not a review.
3. Independently run competition results
Real-money results tracked by an outside organiser. The 2025 World Cup Trading Championships placed Darren O'Neill 4th in the Annual Forex division with a verified 168% return, 1st in the October monthly Forex at 59.35%, and 5th in the Q3 Forex quarterly at 65.9%, for a 294% aggregate across the divisions he entered. These are tracked by the organiser, not self-reported.
4. The operator's published live record (context only)
The model-level 2026 figures — the combined four-model book of 690 signals at a 70% win rate for +1,227%, and the per-model splits behind it — are the operator's own published, on-chain-anchored numbers. They are used as context and trusted once one of the stronger sources above corroborates them.