What we actually monitor
A collector attaches to an already running terminal64 on a Windows VPS and periodically records equity, balance, and deals. The public catalog and EA pages are built from those snapshots. This is not live signal copying: open-position details stay hidden; closed-trade history stays public.
Account rules — no cosmetics
Monitored accounts do not add deposits to hide drawdown, do not manually close the EA’s losing trades, and do not pause the EA during drawdowns. If the terminal or collector drops, the card is marked stale or “terminal off” — that is part of an honest picture, not a hidden idle period.
How growth is calculated
All-time growth is equity change versus the base just before this EA’s first buy/sell after monitoring started. Deposits are accounted for so the percentage is not inflated by cash-ins. The equity curve on the EA page uses the same base as the catalog headline figure.
Max DD and score
Maximum drawdown is computed on equity, so it includes floating PnL of open positions. The 0–100 score combines growth, low drawdown, monitoring age, and profit factor, with penalties for few trades and stale data. It is a catalog hint, not an MQL5 rating and not a forecast.
Demo vs live
Account type is shown on the card. Demo is not live: spread, execution, and psychology differ. The .set file matches monitoring inputs, but the same result on your account or in Strategy Tester is not guaranteed.