Identifying Best and Worst Performing Days Visually

Reading the Chart for Visual Outliers

Step 1: Navigate to the /intelligence page and scroll to the Daily Cash Chart. Step 2: Select 30D for a balanced view. Step 3: Scan the chart from left to right. Your eye should naturally be drawn to the tallest bars. Step 4: The tallest green bar (upward) represents the single best net-positive day in the range — the day when inflow exceeded outflow by the greatest amount. Step 5: The tallest red bar (downward) represents the single worst net-negative day — the day when outflow exceeded inflow by the most. These two bars are your starting points for performance investigation.

Getting the Exact Figures

Step 1: Hover over the tallest green bar to see the tooltip with the exact date, inflow, outflow, and net. Step 2: Click the bar to open Day Detail for that day. Confirm the net figure and note the Channel Proxy section to see which revenue source drove the high inflow. Step 3: Repeat for the tallest red bar — hover for the date, click for Day Detail, and check the Channel Proxy for which expense category drove the high outflow. Step 4: Cross-reference these findings with the Burn Rate panel's Best Day and Worst Day statistics at the top of the burn panel — these stats should match the chart's visual outliers.

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Correlating Best Days with Business Events

Understanding what caused your best days is just as valuable as understanding your worst. Common drivers of a best day include a large customer payment clearing, a successful promotional campaign generating multiple sales, or a day with unusually low expenses (no recurring charges). Step 1: Note the date of the best day from the chart. Step 2: Check your business records or calendar for that date — was there a marketing email sent, a product launch, a customer follow-up, or an invoice payment due? Step 3: If a specific action reliably drives high-inflow days, document it and repeat it. This is how daily cash data translates into actionable marketing and sales insights.

Correlating Worst Days with Recurring Costs

Worst days are often driven by recurring costs that land on predictable dates — monthly payroll, quarterly insurance, annual software renewals. Step 1: Note the date of the worst day. Step 2: In the Day Detail panel, check the Channel Proxy for the dominant outflow category. Step 3: If it is Payroll, confirm that payroll always runs on this date. Step 4: Open the rollup table and look for the same date in the previous month — if another large red bar appears on the same day of the month, it confirms a recurring pattern. Step 5: Knowing these dates in advance allows you to plan — ensure your cash balance is highest just before predictable high-outflow days.

Using 90D View for a Broader Pattern

Step 1: Switch to the 90D chart range. Step 2: Identify the top 3 green and top 3 red bars across the 90-day window. Step 3: Note whether the best and worst days cluster around specific periods — for example, end of month, beginning of month, or after weekends. Step 4: If best days cluster at month-end, this likely reflects when customers pay invoices. Step 5: If worst days cluster at the start of the month, this likely reflects when fixed costs such as rent and payroll are processed. Step 6: Understanding this monthly rhythm helps you anticipate cash position throughout the month rather than reacting to it.