What Is Trade Expectancy? Why Does It Reflect a Strategy’s Long-Term Profitability Better Than Win Rate Alone?
In cryptocurrency trading, a high win rate does not necessarily mean you’ll make money, and a low win rate does not necessarily mean you’ll lose money. What really matters is how much profit or loss each trade generates on average when you keep trading by the same set of rules. That is the core meaning of trade expectancy.
First, what is trade expectancy?
Trade expectancy (EV) is a metric that combines win rate, average profit, and average loss to estimate the long-term average outcom

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Does a high win rate mean a strategy is good? Why does profitability also depend on the reward-to-risk ratio?
In cryptocurrency trading, many people treat a high win rate as proof of strong trading skills, but frequent wins do not necessarily mean long-term profits. If each win is small but a single loss is huge, the account may keep shrinking even with a high win rate. What really matters is the combined effect of win rate, reward-to-risk ratio, and trading costs.
First, what are win rate and reward-to-risk ratio?
Win rate is the proportion of profitable trades out of all trades. The reward-t

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What is rolling backtesting? Why is continually updating the test window more informative than testing just one historical period?
In cryptocurrency trading, a strategy may perform well during one historical market period but fail to adapt to subsequent market changes. Testing only one fixed period can easily overlook how the strategy performs under different conditions. Rolling backtesting helps traders evaluate a strategy's stability more comprehensively by continually updating the test window.
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KMNO is holding above support, and a bounce from here looks likely.
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