Quote Originally Posted by llh View Post
The reason for saying what was said in number three above, is why would anyone want to trade if they're consistently successful 50% of the time? As best I can figure that would make a person's average loss and gain exactly zero.
You are mixing up win rate (frequency of winning trades) with the ratio of average winners to average losers. If your average gainer is bigger than your average loss, a 50% win rate will mean that you make money in the long run.

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