As far as I remember Matthew once said that the old track records of systems before a restart are also saved and can be accessed through a traders profile. But I´m not sure if this is still the case after the recent website update.
A dev´s answer to this topic would be the most useful and accurate info I guess.
As a system developer myself I have a two-sided opinion about that feature. Yes you can do all kind of delusional stuff with it like PedroPannon mentioned. On the other hand it´s very useful if I want to forward test a strategy privately under live conditions and want the track record to remain when I open the system for subscribers - if it proves to be worth it.
However, I decided to go for the “nothing to hide” attitude and named my latest strategy as what it is - a test system. https://collective2.com/details/111321741
A few days ago I was hiding it because of the test status but after I´ve read concerns about such a behavior in another thread - unrelated to myself (Here) - I put all my systems on public again. Even the one that didn´t have a single trade.
All in all I think it does more harm than good to be able to hide a system and get it published after incubation time. Honest developers can live without that feature. Though it cleans up the profile if I could hide the 2 unimportant systems.
