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stats·Statistics & risk

Profit Factor

Gross winning P&L divided by gross losing P&L. Above 1.5 is good, above 2 is excellent — but trivially gameable on small samples, so always pair with N.

How the desk uses this

Statistics and risk terms like this one are the backbone of how the desk sizes positions and reports edge — not vibes, math.

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