diff --git a/src/terminal/parser/tracing.cpp b/src/terminal/parser/tracing.cpp
index a964c05f217..5ddc5f453e3 100644
--- a/src/terminal/parser/tracing.cpp
+++ b/src/terminal/parser/tracing.cpp
@@ -10,25 +10,20 @@ using namespace Microsoft::Console::VirtualTerminal;
 #pragma warning(disable : 26447) // The function is declared 'noexcept' but calls function '_tlgWrapBinary<wchar_t>()' which may throw exceptions
 #pragma warning(disable : 26477) // Use 'nullptr' rather than 0 or NULL
 
-ParserTracing::ParserTracing() noexcept
-{
-    ClearSequenceTrace();
-}
-
-void ParserTracing::TraceStateChange(const std::wstring_view name) const noexcept
+void ParserTracing::TraceStateChange(_In_z_ const wchar_t* name) const noexcept
 {
     TraceLoggingWrite(g_hConsoleVirtTermParserEventTraceProvider,
                       "StateMachine_EnterState",
-                      TraceLoggingCountedWideString(name.data(), gsl::narrow_cast<ULONG>(name.size())),
+                      TraceLoggingWideString(name),
                       TraceLoggingLevel(WINEVENT_LEVEL_VERBOSE),
                       TraceLoggingKeyword(TIL_KEYWORD_TRACE));
 }
 
-void ParserTracing::TraceOnAction(const std::wstring_view name) const noexcept
+void ParserTracing::TraceOnAction(_In_z_ const wchar_t* name) const noexcept
 {
     TraceLoggingWrite(g_hConsoleVirtTermParserEventTraceProvider,
                       "StateMachine_Action",
-                      TraceLoggingCountedWideString(name.data(), gsl::narrow_cast<ULONG>(name.size())),
+                      TraceLoggingWideString(name),
                       TraceLoggingLevel(WINEVENT_LEVEL_VERBOSE),
                       TraceLoggingKeyword(TIL_KEYWORD_TRACE));
 }
@@ -55,11 +50,11 @@ void ParserTracing::TraceOnExecuteFromEscape(const wchar_t wch) const noexcept
                       TraceLoggingKeyword(TIL_KEYWORD_TRACE));
 }
 
-void ParserTracing::TraceOnEvent(const std::wstring_view name) const noexcept
+void ParserTracing::TraceOnEvent(_In_z_ const wchar_t* name) const noexcept
 {
     TraceLoggingWrite(g_hConsoleVirtTermParserEventTraceProvider,
                       "StateMachine_Event",
-                      TraceLoggingCountedWideString(name.data(), gsl::narrow_cast<ULONG>(name.size())),
+                      TraceLoggingWideString(name),
                       TraceLoggingLevel(WINEVENT_LEVEL_VERBOSE),
                       TraceLoggingKeyword(TIL_KEYWORD_TRACE));
 }
@@ -67,12 +62,11 @@ void ParserTracing::TraceOnEvent(const std::wstring_view name) const noexcept
 void ParserTracing::TraceCharInput(const wchar_t wch)
 {
     AddSequenceTrace(wch);
-    const auto sch = gsl::narrow_cast<INT16>(wch);
 
     TraceLoggingWrite(g_hConsoleVirtTermParserEventTraceProvider,
                       "StateMachine_NewChar",
                       TraceLoggingWChar(wch),
-                      TraceLoggingHexInt16(sch),
+                      TraceLoggingHexInt16(gsl::narrow_cast<INT16>(wch)),
                       TraceLoggingLevel(WINEVENT_LEVEL_VERBOSE),
                       TraceLoggingKeyword(TIL_KEYWORD_TRACE));
 }
@@ -114,7 +108,7 @@ void ParserTracing::ClearSequenceTrace() noexcept
 }
 
 // NOTE: I'm expecting this to not be null terminated
-void ParserTracing::DispatchPrintRunTrace(const std::wstring_view string) const
+void ParserTracing::DispatchPrintRunTrace(const std::wstring_view& string) const
 {
     if (string.size() == 1)
     {
diff --git a/src/terminal/parser/tracing.hpp b/src/terminal/parser/tracing.hpp
index ae7bb18324c..27e3e3352d6 100644
--- a/src/terminal/parser/tracing.hpp
+++ b/src/terminal/parser/tracing.hpp
@@ -21,19 +21,30 @@ namespace Microsoft::Console::VirtualTerminal
     class ParserTracing sealed
     {
     public:
-        ParserTracing() noexcept;
-
-        void TraceStateChange(const std::wstring_view name) const noexcept;
-        void TraceOnAction(const std::wstring_view name) const noexcept;
+        // NOTE: This code uses
+        //   (_In_z_ const wchar_t* name)
+        // as arguments instead of the more modern std::wstring_view
+        // for performance reasons.
+        //
+        // Passing structures larger than the register size is very expensive
+        // due to Microsoft's x64 calling convention. We could reduce the
+        // overhead by passing the string-view by reference, but this forces us
+        // to allocate the parameters as static string-views on the data
+        // segment of our binary. I've found that passing them as classic
+        // C-strings is more ergonomic instead and fits the need for
+        // high performance in this particular code.
+
+        void TraceStateChange(_In_z_ const wchar_t* name) const noexcept;
+        void TraceOnAction(_In_z_ const wchar_t* name) const noexcept;
         void TraceOnExecute(const wchar_t wch) const noexcept;
         void TraceOnExecuteFromEscape(const wchar_t wch) const noexcept;
-        void TraceOnEvent(const std::wstring_view name) const noexcept;
+        void TraceOnEvent(_In_z_ const wchar_t* name) const noexcept;
         void TraceCharInput(const wchar_t wch);
 
         void AddSequenceTrace(const wchar_t wch);
         void DispatchSequenceTrace(const bool fSuccess) noexcept;
         void ClearSequenceTrace() noexcept;
-        void DispatchPrintRunTrace(const std::wstring_view string) const;
+        void DispatchPrintRunTrace(const std::wstring_view& string) const;
 
     private:
         std::wstring _sequenceTrace;