Thread: Risk~VS~Reward
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Old 21-01-2005, 19:24   #3
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I good clarifying post!

Yes, it is absolutely meaningless to quote Risk Reward in terms of expected Take Profit and Stop Loss values alone. A strike rate is paramount to complete the picture.

I find PIPs per Trade to be a the most useful number when evaluating performance.

Of course the formula :

PIPs per Trade = Total Number of PIPs Profit / Total Number of Trades

Strikes rates should then be used to determine the probabilities of a sequence of loses such that you can anticipate a worst case sequence. Your investment amount can be optimised to suit. I'll see if I can find the formula somewhere and post it.
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