Hello Friends,
With starting of the daily signals soon we need to find a way to report the daily pip profits. We had some big discussions in the past and would like to welcome you all share your thoughts for one last time here. Trading with 5 lots creates a challange to count pips in a way that truly reflects the total pips/profit made. My concern for the method to calculate pips is that it should also be comparable with other systems.
In the past people have suggested to average out the total pips. So for example if the trade makes +50 and rest of the lots are closed at BE then divide 50 by 5 and report 10 pips profit. Thats again is not accurate since it will be hard to compare with other systems who could trade with 1 lot and report 50 pips profit.
Another way suggested was to simply add the number of pips from each lot closed. So if a trade made 250 pips then add 50+100+150+200+250 making it a total of 750 pips. This again makes it harder to compare with other systems as I would be reporting thousand of pips whereas others would report only a handful.
What I’ve used in the past is the method that assumes that trade is placed with 1 lot and total pips gained/lost from the signal. This to some traders seems inaccurate since it doesn’t balances losses to gains properly.
Hence once and for all I would like you to participate in the discussion as to which is the best way to report pips. Please post your suggestions here.
Cheers,
Oz