{"id":13176,"date":"2026-10-01T17:38:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T12:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/?p=13176"},"modified":"2026-10-01T17:38:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T12:08:47","slug":"trading-expectancy-formula-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gettogetherfinance.com\/blog\/trading-expectancy-formula-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Trading Expectancy Explained: The Formula That Tells You Whether a Strategy Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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After winning a few trades, a trading approach can look impressive. But does it really prove that the strategy works? Not necessarily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A high win rate by itself isn\u2019t enough to judge an approach. You also need to look at your average profit on winning trades and your average loss on losing trades. That is where trading expectancy proves its worth.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trading expectancy brings these factors together to give you an estimate of the average profit or loss you can expect per trade, over a series of trades. In simple words, it helps you check if a strategy\u2019s numbers actually give it an advantage over time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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