https://etherpoc.com/en/tags/take-profit/Recent content in Take Profit on FX Backtest DiaryHugoenFri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://etherpoc.com/en/posts/exit-no-improvement/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://etherpoc.com/en/posts/exit-no-improvement/<p>There is a one-parameter change that lifts my trading system&rsquo;s win rate from 36.8% to 75.5%. It also turns ten years of +122% into a 26% loss.</p> <p>That is not a typo, and it is the thread running through this article. I spent four separate studies trying to improve the exits of my trend-following EA (automated trading program): a take-profit target, a smarter trailing stop, a wider exit window, and averaging down into losers. Every single attempt made things worse, and all four failed for the same reason. This is the story of that reason, the win-rate trap.</p>