Win Rate Is Not The Full Story
A trading strategy does not need to win every trade to be profitable. Profitability depends on expectancy: the relationship between win rate, average winner and average loser. A system with a lower win rate can still perform well if winners are materially larger than losers.
This is why risk-reward ratio matters. A strategy that risks 1 to make 2 can tolerate more losing trades than a strategy that risks 1 to make 0.5. The payoff profile changes the required win rate.
Understanding Expectancy
Expectancy can be simplified as the average amount a strategy expects to make or lose per trade over a large sample. It is not measured by one trade. It is measured across a sequence. That is why professional review focuses on many trades, not isolated outcomes.
A single losing trade may be perfectly acceptable if it followed the rules and stayed within risk. A winning trade may be poor if it ignored the plan and relied on luck.
Continue the framework: The commercial strength of a strategy appears in the next layer, where win rate, payoff profile and trade sequence are evaluated together.
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