Normalize Results by the Risk Taken
The source's risk-based accounting makes R a useful common unit. A loss at the planned stop is approximately -1R, while a target three times the initial risk is approximately +3R before execution costs and deviations.
Validation principle
Using R allows trades with different instruments, stop distances and position sizes to be compared on the same risk scale. Monetary profit alone can hide whether a larger result simply came from taking more risk.
The journal should store initial monetary risk, planned R target, realized P/L and realized R. This creates a consistent performance layer above Forex lots, gold contracts and crypto units.
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