Sonic AI currently advertises a 30% performance fee. That means the headline gross result and the amount retained by the investor are not the same thing.
Try an example: enter the amount you would deposit, choose the programme multiplier and enter a hypothetical percentage result for the underlying strategy. The calculator shows what that could mean for your own capital.
Illustrative monthly upside
+$2,016
Net return on your capital +20.16%
Amplified capital
$240,000
Gross profit
+$2,880
Performance fee
-$864
Equivalent downside
-$2,880
Loss on your capital -28.80%
Capital remaining
$7,120
Recovery required
+40.45%
Underlying result
-1.20%
What if Sonic's historical average repeated?
$226,944
Illustrative capital after 17 months if the same calculated net monthly return repeated and every profit was reinvested.
Starting capital
$10,000
Monthly net assumption
+20.16%
Illustrative gain
+$216,944
Historical scenario, not a forecast. The default inputs use a 1.20% underlying monthly result, 24X amplification and a 30% performance fee, producing about 20.16% net in this simplified model. The referenced Sonic history and user-reported experience do not guarantee that any future month will repeat this result.
Illustrative mathematics only. Real trading results vary and can include losing months, drawdowns, execution differences and programme-rule changes. Compounding assumes the same positive net result every month and full reinvestment of profits; actual results will not follow a smooth compounding curve.
How the performance fee works
In a simplified example, a $1,000 gross trading profit with a 30% performance fee leaves $700 before any other applicable broker, payment or financing costs.
Why amplification makes fees more visible
When a small underlying strategy move is amplified, the gross dollar profit becomes larger relative to personal capital. The performance fee therefore becomes meaningful in absolute dollars very quickly.
Fees reduce upside, not equivalent downside
A performance fee applies to profitable outcomes. A losing trade is not reduced by the same percentage. That asymmetry is why our calculator always shows net upside after fees next to the full equivalent downside.
What to confirm before funding
Investors should verify exactly when the fee is calculated, whether a high-water mark applies, how deposits and withdrawals affect the calculation, and what additional broker costs may apply.