Sets the breakeven win rate
1:1 needs 50%, 1:2 needs 33.3%, 1:3 needs 25%. Below that win rate the math does not add up, no matter how good the setup feels.
Enter the three prices and the risk in dollars. The calculator returns the risk/reward ratio, the dollar reward and the breakeven win rate the ratio implies. Then Tracker Fx tracks the realised R:R automatically on every real trade.
Enter entry, stop and target in the same price units. Add the dollar risk to get the dollar reward too.
Risk = |Entry − Stop|. Reward = |Target − Entry|. R:R = Reward / Risk. Breakeven win rate = Risk / (Risk + Reward). Long or short is detected from the sign of (Target − Entry).
Risk/reward sets the win rate the strategy needs to break even. Below it the account leaks; above it the equity curve goes up over time.
1:1 needs 50%, 1:2 needs 33.3%, 1:3 needs 25%. Below that win rate the math does not add up, no matter how good the setup feels.
R:R describes the trade. Position size turns it into dollars. Mixing the two is how accounts get blown up on a winning ratio.
A 1:10 target sounds great until you see the win rate it actually hits. Wider targets lower the strike rate; the math has to clear.
Planned R:R is the idea. Realised R:R is what actually happened. The gap between them is where most edges quietly disappear.
Most journals log the plan and stop. They never go back to record what actually happened after the trade closed.
Risk/reward is one of three numbers every trader needs cold. Position size and expectancy are the other two.
Turn the stop distance into the exact lot size for a fixed dollar risk.
Open →The concept behind the number, with a quick risk-vs-reward calculator.
Read →What win rate you actually need to break even at any R:R.
Open →Estimate how likely you are to blow the account at a given risk per trade.
Open →The average outcome of a trade, the number win rate and R:R combine into.
Read →The structured record that turns trades into a feedback loop.
Read →What traders ask about risk/reward and how the calculator turns it into a number.
Risk-reward ratio is the distance from entry to target divided by the distance from entry to stop. A 50-pip stop and a 150-pip target is a 1:3 risk-reward. The ratio describes the trade, not its odds of working.
Breakeven win rate is Risk / (Risk + Reward). A 1:1 ratio needs 50%, a 1:2 ratio needs 33.3%, a 1:3 ratio needs 25%, a 1:5 ratio needs 16.7%. Below that win rate you lose money even when most trades win.
No. A wider target lowers the win rate you can realistically hit, so a 1:10 idea is not automatically better than a 1:2 idea. The ratio only works when the actual win rate stays above the breakeven your ratio needs.
Early exits, stops trailed in too soon and targets moved before they hit all shrink the realised R:R. Tracker Fx records both planned and realised R:R on every trade so the gap is visible instead of invisible.
Tracker Fx logs the entry, stop, target and exit of every trade automatically from cTrader, Bybit, OANDA, MT4 and MT5. The planned R:R, the realised R:R, win rate and expectancy are calculated for you across every symbol and session.
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