Risk Reward Explained: Why Big Targets Alone Don't Make Money (Lesson 14)
Published Nov 11, 2026, 03:00 PM · 1 min read
New on the MCP Labs Forex channel — Risk Reward Explained: Why Big Targets Alone Don't Make Money (Lesson 14). The full video is embedded below, with notes and next steps after it.
What this video covers
Lesson 14: risk to reward and the take profit. The break-even win rate formula, an honest test of random entries with bigger and bigger targets on three months of real EURUSD data (risk:reward alone creates no edge), where to put your take profit, partial profits, and how a real account's win rate compares with its break-even rate.
Lesson 14 of the free course "Forex From Zero to Automated" by MCP Labs Forex.
Next lesson: Lesson 15: Grid and martingale: why they fail
QUIZ: Your strategy targets 1:2.5. What is the break-even win rate? If you win 35% of your trades, are you making money? Answer in the comments.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Lose 6 out of 10 and still grow?
1:00 The break-even win rate
1:41 The honest test: random entries
2:51 Where to put your take profit
3:29 Partial profits
4:02 A real account's numbers
4:42 Your questions
6:08 Recap, quiz and homework
Sources: Random-entry test: Yahoo Finance hourly EURUSD, Jul to Oct 2026, no costs. Real account: MT5 trade report, live RoboForex account.
Education, not financial advice. Trading forex, gold and CFDs on margin is high risk; practise on a demo account first. Narration voice is AI-generated.
A product of MCP Labs, created by Tshivhidzo (Moss) Mbedzi.
Run the EA from these videos
Everything shown here runs on Apex Drawdown Zero for MT5 — a selective MT5 Expert Advisor with a stop-loss on every trade and risk-based sizing (V9 has no account-level drawdown halt; V12 does). See more clips on our videos page or subscribe on YouTube.
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*Any results, returns or win rates mentioned in this video are examples from specific accounts and periods and are not typical or guaranteed. Trading carries substantial risk of loss. Past performance is not indicative of future results — read our full risk disclosure.*
