Profit on a positionPositionA single entry held on the broker account, with a direction, a size, and a current floating result.Click the word to learn more is what is left after every cost the broker actually charged. SpreadSpreadThe gap between the bid and ask price of an instrument, paid implicitly on every entry.Click the word to learn more paid at entry and exit. Commission, if the account is commission-based. Swap, if the position was held overnight. Strip those out, what remains is what hits balanceBalanceThe cash sitting on your broker account, before the profit or loss of any open positions.Click the word to learn more.
A take profitTake ProfitAn exit order that closes a winning position the moment a chosen price level is reached.Click the word to learn more that fires for 60 pips on a half lot, after a 1 pipPipThe smallest standard price increment on a currency pair, usually the fourth decimal.Click the word to learn more round-trip spread and 4 USD of commission, leaves roughly 26 USD on a EUR/USD account. The headline number is 60 pips. The receipt is 26 USD. Both are real. They describe the same position from two different angles.
Profit can be positive or negative. The signed value is what changes balance. There is no separate concept of a "small lossLossThe realized loss on a closed position, or the sum of every losing position across a period.Click the word to learn more": a 5 pip stop fill that nets a 12 USD loss after costs is still recorded as profit equal to negative 12.
What "profit" on a closed position does not do is predict the next one. It describes a moment that has already happened, on a specific account, in specific conditions. Run the same strategy in a different week, with different spreads and different volatility, you will get a different number. Javlot only counts real broker fills when building strategy pages.