Win Rate
a.k.a. Hit rate, Win ratio, Strike rate
The percentage of your trades that make money.
In plain English
The percentage of your trades that make money.
Your win rate is simply winning trades divided by total trades. Win 45 out of 100 and your win rate is 45%.
On its own it is wildly overrated. A 90% win rate is a disaster if the 10% of losers are each ten times bigger than the winners. A 35% win rate can be very profitable if winners are three times the size of losers. Always read it alongside your payoff ratio.
Don’t be that stickman
Chasing a high win rate by taking profits too early and letting losers run. You win often, and still lose money.
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