Thread: Risk/reward
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Old 07-03-2008, 08:46 AM
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Firstly, you shouldn't link risk/reward with leverage. They are seperate discussions.

Secondly, risk/reward should only be one part of the equation. Your trading performance expectation is based on two primary factors: 1) Your win%, 2) The ratio of the size of your average gain vs. your average loss. The latter is basically you risk/reward ratio.

If you're risking 25 to make 10, then your win/loss ratio is .40 (10/25). That means you must having winning trades at least 75% of the time to be net profitable over time (based on equal trade sizes).
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