Glossary / Performance metrics
Win rate
Definition
The share of your trades that close in profit.
Why it matters
Win rate says nothing on its own. A 35% win rate with 3R winners beats a 70% win rate with 0.3R winners, so always read it next to average win and average loss.
Formula
Win rate = Winning trades / Total trades
Example
38 winners out of 100 trades is a 38% win rate; paired with 2.5R winners that is still a strongly profitable system.
How to track it in a journal
TradeStack calculates the core performance numbers — win rate, average win and loss, profit factor, expectancy, drawdown and consistency — automatically from imported trades, so win rate stops being something you estimate and becomes something you read.
Related terms
Expectancy
The average profit or loss you can expect from each trade over a large sample.
Profit factor
Gross profit divided by gross loss.
Average win
Total profit from winning trades divided by the number of winning trades.
Average loss
Total loss from losing trades divided by the number of losing trades.
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