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Risk/reward and break-even calculator

Reward-to-risk before and after fees, the exit price that breaks even, and the win rate a trade like this needs.

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Needed because flat fees weigh more on small trades.

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Enter stop price.

Enter target price.

To see the expected result per trade.

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How this is calculated

Reward-to-risk is the distance to the target divided by the distance to the stop. After fees it is the net profit at the target divided by the net loss at the stop, both including a fee on the way in and on the way out.

The break-even win rate is risk ÷ (risk + reward). A trade risking $1 to make $2 needs to work more than one time in three; below that rate, repeating it loses money on average. The expected result at a win rate p is p × reward − (1 − p) × risk.

These figures say nothing about how likely the target is. A distant target improves the ratio but is usually reached less often, so a ratio is only meaningful alongside an honest estimate of the win rate.

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