
Originally Posted by
GumRai
Wade, don't you get it?
If a trade goes 15 pips into profit and one third of position is closed at 15 pips and stop set to break-even, subsequently BE stop is hit.
On this trade 15 pips profit realised on one third of the position and 2 thirds achieve BE.
You don't think that it is dishonest to represent this as a 15 pip winner?
If for example you had 3 trades exactly the same as the above followed by one loser hitting stop at minus 25 pips, this is how you would report the 4 trades
+15
+15
+15
-25
So these 4 trades will show on your result sheet as aggregating +20 pips. If risking $10 per pip you will be claiming a handsome return of $200 profit
In fact, because the first 3 trades only aggregated 5 pips profit, they should be reported as
+$50
+$50
+$50
-$250
A loss of $100, not profit of $200
The way you report your results bears no resemblance to reality whasoever. You should be ashamed of youself, especially as you continue to maintain that you report results honestly, when people are starting to post that they are not.