Here's something that shifts how traders think about their odds: when you're putting 1% of your account at risk per trade, paired with a 1:3 reward-to-risk ratio, the math becomes your best friend. You only need to nail 3 wins out of every 10 trades to actually turn a profit.

Think about it. You take a loss on seven trades—that's 7 units gone. But those three winners? Each one brings back 3 units. So you're sitting at -7 + 9 = +2 units net. You're in the green.

That's the beauty of proper position sizing combined with asymmetric payoff structure. Most traders chase perfection, thinking they need an 80% win rate to survive. They get impatient, overtrade, blow up their account. But this framework? It doesn't demand perfection. It demands discipline. A 30% win rate with solid risk management beats a 50% win rate with sloppy position sizing every single time. The edge isn't about winning more often—it's about making sure when you lose, you lose small, and when you win, you win big.