SCALING OUT & EXPECTANCY

Most traders use scale-out rules they learned from others without knowing the true impact on expectancy. Drag the SL, TP, and scale-out levels to compare different approaches and see the numbers update instantly. Advanced stop-loss adjustments (e.g. moving to breakeven after TP1) are intentionally excluded to keep the visualization simple. Want to go deeper? Try the Trade Management Simulator — a full decision-tree tool where you can model moving stops to breakeven after TP1, adding to trades, multiple stop levels, trailing stops, and more.

Number of contracts per entry

$50.00 per contract

Visible range below entry

Visible range above entry

Setup A
+0.50R+1R+1.50R+2R+2.50R+3R+3.50R-0.25R-0.50R-0.75R-1R-1.25R-1.50RTotal: +1.50R ($300)+0.50R+$100−2 ct+×+1.00R+$200−2 ct+×ENTRY 4ct$200 riskTotal: -1.00R ($200)-1.00R-$200−4 ct+×+ Add TP+ Add SLDrag lines to adjust R levels • Use +/- for contracts
Setup B
+0.50R+1R+1.50R+2R+2.50R+3R+3.50R-0.25R-0.50R-0.75R-1R-1.25R-1.50RTotal: +2.00R ($400)+2.00R+$400−4 ct+×ENTRY 4ct$200 riskTotal: -0.75R ($150)-0.25R-$50−2 ct+×-0.50R-$100−2 ct+×+ Add TP+ Add SLDrag lines to adjust R levels • Use +/- for contracts

Setup A

+0.2500R
Avg Win:+1.500R ($300)
Avg Loss:-1.000R (-$200)
Per trade (50% WR):$50.00
Setup B
WINS

+0.3750R
higher per trade

Setup B

+0.6250R
Avg Win:+2.000R ($400)
Avg Loss:-0.750R (-$150)
Per trade (50% WR):$125.00

Equity Curve — Setup A vs Setup B

100 trades, $10,000 balance, 50% WR. Same win/loss sequence — only the R-multiples differ.

Probability of winning a trade

Random sequence seed

Setup A
$19k
+94.8%
DD:11.4%
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Setup B
$41k
+314.8%
DD:8.7%
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