toc_bat said:nizar
ive proboly aske dthis before, but whats R/R?
that was a good piece of analysis you did on this yesterday, keep up the good work,
thx
Thanks but yeh i just happened to get it right with this one this time, many others i get wrong.
R/R = return/risk.
Everytime you are wrong ie. you get stopped out, you lose R, which is the risk taken per trade, which should be a % of initial starting capital no more than 2% (or some say max 3%).
Theres two ways to be profitable as a trader:
(1) win more often than you lose ie. win%>50
(2) each time you win, you win, on average, greater than your average loss ie. R/R>1
A combination of the two is preferred.
A few examples.
If R/R=3, then even win% of even as low as 35% is profitable.
But if R/R is only 1, then you need to have win%>60
Not many traders have win%>50 so (2) must be maximised.
Hope this helps.