Expectancy vs Risk Per Trade

Quick comparison to help you distinguish these two crypto terms.

Expectancy
advanced
strategy

A statistical measure of the average dollar amount a trader expects to gain or lose per unit of risk on each trade, calculated from win rate and average reward-to-risk ratio combined.

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Risk Per Trade
intermediate
risk

The predetermined maximum percentage of total account balance a trader is willing to lose on any single trade, defined before entry and used to drive position size calculations.

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