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Originally Posted by cardio
 Hi Please help
Can anyone explain the difference between profit and profit factor to me. My high profit factor does not have the highest profit in optimizer results, even with now Money management (MM) and only buying 1 lot each time. |
cardio,
The profit factor is the ratio in percentage between the sum of all the win trades (Gross profit) and the sum of all the loss trades (Gross loss).
If the
Gross profit = 74253.00 and the
Gross loss = -13618.00
Then the
Profit factor = (74253.00 /13618.00) =
5.45