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What Is a Good Win Rate?
3:03 · 7 chapters · Forex lessons, part 43
What you'll learn
A 70% win rate can lose money and a 40% win rate can make it. Here's how win rate, reward-to-risk and expectancy fit together.
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- Key point 1
- How to work out the break-even win rate for any reward-to-risk ratio
- Key point 2
- What expectancy is and why a 70% win rate can still lose money
- Key point 3
- Typical win rates for trend, swing, range and scalping styles
- Key point 4
- Why a lower win rate needs a smaller risk per trade
- Key point 5
- How to measure your own win rate properly
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