Total profitProfitThe gain or loss on a closed position, once spreads, commissions, and swaps are taken out.Click the word to learn more is the sum of every closed positionPositionA single entry held on the broker account, with a direction, a size, and a current floating result.Click the word to learn more over a period, winners and losers combined. A strategy that pulled 4,200 from winners and gave back 1,800 in losers over a year carries a total profit of 2,400 for that year. Some platforms call it net profit. Same number, different label.
A total profit number on its own tells you almost nothing about how it was made. Two strategies can finish a year at the same total profit and have lived through completely different rides. One traced a clean rising line and barely dipped along the way. The other clawed it back from a 20 percent drawdownDrawdownThe drop in account equity from a peak to the trough that follows, expressed as a percent of the peak.Click the word to learn more in October and finished strong on a final-month run. Same year, same total profit. Two very different experiences.
That is why Javlot strategy pages never show total profit alone. Drawdown, win rateWin RateThe percentage of closed positions that ended in profit over a given period.Click the word to learn more, profit factorProfit FactorGross winning amount divided by gross losing amount over a period. Above 1 means net positive.Click the word to learn more, equityEquityThe live value of your broker account, including the floating profit or loss of open positions.Click the word to learn more curve, all of it sits next to the headline number. The headline is the answer. The rest is the question.
What total profit is not: a target. A guarantee. A rate of return for next year. It is a record of a period, on a real account, in conditions that will not repeat exactly. Useful as evidence. Not useful as a promise.