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Why a 60% Win Rate Can Beat 90%When I first started trading, I was obsessed with one number: "win rate". Like many beginners, I believed that the trader with the highest percentage of winning trades had the best strategy. It sounded logical—90% must be better than 60%, right? Years later, after reviewing thousands of trades, I realized that this belief is one of the biggest misconceptions in trading. A high win rate looks impressive, but it tells only a small part of the story. What truly determines long-term success isn't

Trading Decoded | #1: The Butterfly Effect What if your biggest trading loss didn't begin with a bad setup—but with one tiny decision you barely noticed? The **Butterfly Effect**, a concept from chaos theory, explains how a small event can eventually create a much larger outcome. While it's often used to describe complex systems like weather, the same principle applies surprisingly well to trading. A single impulsive trade, a slightly larger position size, moving a stop-loss "just this once," or chasing a missed opportunity may seem in

The Trade You Almost Took You saw the setup. The level made sense, the risk was clear, and your analysis pointed in one direction. But you waited. Maybe you wanted one more confirmation. Maybe you hesitated for a few seconds. Maybe you simply looked away at the wrong moment. Then price moved exactly as you expected. You never entered the trade, so technically you lost nothing. But mentally, it doesn't always feel that way. You start calculating the profit you "could have made," replaying the entry in your head, and w