Win Rate

Win rate, sometimes called hit rate, is the percentage of trades that close in profit out of all trades taken. It is a simple ratio: winning trades divided by total trades, multiplied by 100.

Win rate alone does not tell you whether a strategy is profitable. It must always be read together with the average risk-reward ratio. A 40 percent win rate can still produce strong returns if winners are much larger than losers, while a 90 percent win rate can still lose money if the occasional loss wipes out many small wins.

For example, imagine a strategy that takes 100 trades. If 60 of them win with an average profit of $50 and 40 lose with an average loss of $100, the win rate is 60 percent but the strategy lost $1,000 overall. The reverse is also true. A strategy with a 40 percent win rate that makes $300 on winners and loses $100 on losers produces $8,000 profit across 100 trades.

For copy trading, win rate helps set realistic expectations about how often you will see green days. SteadyFlowFX's 9-year backtest (2017-2026) showed a 71.3% win rate — roughly 7 out of every 10 closed trades profitable — and the live track record is verified on Myfxbook. When evaluating any copy service, always check win rate alongside profit factor and the number of trades the record covers. A high win rate across 20 trades is statistical noise; a sustained rate across hundreds of trades is a meaningful edge signal.