Stop chasing win rate

Win rate is a vanity metric.
Edge is what pays you.

You can win 8 out of 10 trades and still bleed money. Profitability isn’t about how often you’re right — it’s about whether your winners pay for your losers. Let’s show you what professionals actually measure.

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Win rate
82%
Excellent
but the bank account
Net P&L · 3 months
−₹1,24,560
Losing
The metric that actually matters

Meet Expectancy.

Expectancy tells you how much money you make (or lose) on average per trade — once your win rate and your average win-to-loss ratio are baked together. It’s the only number that survives across 30 trades, 300 trades and 3,000 trades.

Trader A
Win rate
85%
Average win
₹1,000
Average loss
−₹8,000
Expectancy
Negative
Trader B
Win rate
48%
Average win
₹9,000
Average loss
−₹2,000
Expectancy
Positive
Trader A math
0.85 × ₹1,000 − 0.15 × ₹8,000 = −₹350 per trade
Trader B math
0.48 × ₹9,000 − 0.52 × ₹2,000 = +₹3,280 per trade
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Why?

A lower win rate can still make far more money if your winners are significantly larger than your losers. The math doesn’t care how it feels — it cares about expectancy per trade.

Professional traders don’t optimise for winning more trades.

They optimise for one thing:

Positive expectancy.

Would you fly using
just one instrument?

A pilot would never trust a single gauge. Why should a trader trust only win rate? Professional traders watch a cluster of metrics together — because one number can never tell the full story.

Win rate
82%
Vanity metric
Expectancy
+₹3,280
Per-trade edge
Profit factor
1.84
Gross win / loss
Max drawdown
−8.4%
Peak-to-trough
Equity curve
Rising
30-day slope
One number can never tell the full story
Professional traders measure the complete picture.
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    Entry, exit, behaviour, MAE/MFE — with screenshots
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    Expectancy, Profit Factor, Drawdown, Equity Curve
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RETROSPECT
76 trades
RELIANCEEQUITY
−₹6,640
SUNPHARMAEQUITY
+₹2,380
TATAMOTORSEQUITY
−₹1,820
ICICIBANKEQUITY
+₹3,150
NIFTYOPTIONS
−₹8,420
BANKNIFTYOPTIONS
+₹4,910
INFYEQUITY
+₹1,240
RELIANCELONGEQUITY
23 Jun → 11 Jul · 18d hold
Net P&L
−₹6,640
Net P&L
−₹2,409
Return
−6.27%
R-Multiple
−0.6R
Total Fees
₹789
How the trade behavedprice journey
Entry · ₹1,360Exit · ₹1,313
Closed early — you booked most of the available move. If exit was removed mid-trade, treat the outcome as luck, not process.
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