Improve Your Trading with Expected Values

12/09/2017 12 min
Improve Your Trading with Expected Values

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Episode Synopsis

Discretionary chart reading is problematic as you can't backtest it and calculate the expected value of a trade. Only trade set ups (the combination of entries, exits, and position sizes) that have positive mathematical expectation. Get a simulator and backtest your trading ideas to find the expected value. The software I spoke about in an earlier episode will do the calculations for you. Expected Value Formula E = (Ave Win)(% Win)-(Ave Loss)(% Lose) Roulette 2 Kings