The Hold-Time Bias tile takes the time between open and close on every trade in the selected period, averages it separately for winners (net P&L > 0) and losers (net P&L < 0), then divides loser-average by winner-average. The ratio is the headline number: 1.0 means you hold both sides equally long; 2.0 means losers stay open twice as long as winners; 0.5 means you give winners twice the room.
What the ratio bands mean: - 0.7 to 1.3 — symmetric. You exit both sides on similar logic; the strategy is rule-based, not emotional. - 1.3 to 1.5 — mild bias. Mostly noise on a small sample, worth watching as the trade count grows. - 1.5 to 2.5 — flashing yellow. Losers are systematically held longer. Often a sign you're waiting for the bounce instead of accepting the stop. - Above 2.5 — red. Classic hope-and-pray. The loser thesis is being talked over because closing means admitting the call was wrong. Winners get cut at the first sign of softness because the profit feels fragile.
The inverse pattern (ratio below 0.7) is rarer but worth noting: you give winners more room than losers. That's usually a deliberate trend-following style — fine when paired with a wider initial stop, problematic when it just means small wins + small losses + no edge.
TradeOnyx surfaces the Hold-Time Bias on the Overview tab and fires an explicit alert hint whenever the ratio passes 1.5×. The alert names the pattern (hope-and-pray) instead of just showing the number — that's deliberate. Naming the bias is the first step toward changing it; a number alone is easy to ignore. Use the period filter to check whether the bias is improving over time: a ratio that drops from 4.0× to 1.8× over three months is real behavioural progress, even if the absolute level still warrants attention.