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Oct 19, 2026 5 min read

Forex Win Rate vs Expectancy: How to Evaluate a Trading Strategy

A forex trading win rate on its own says almost nothing about whether a strategy makes money; a 40% win rate can be excellent and an 80% one can be ruinous. This guide explains the relationship between win rate and reward-to-risk, the breakeven line every strategy has to clear, how to calculate expectancy from a trade log, why the win rate also sets the losing streaks you will endure, and how to evaluate a strategy with the three numbers that actually predict its results.

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Oct 12 5 min read

Risk-to-Reward Ratio in Forex: How to Calculate and Evaluate It

Risk-to-reward is the one number that decides whether a strategy can make money at all, and it is usually quoted wrongly. This guide shows the calculation step by step, the win rate each ratio needs to break even, how to size a position from it, and the three ways traders quietly destroy a good ratio after entry.

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