Why Are My Losses Bigger Than My Wins?

There is no universal ratio. It depends on your win rate: a strategy that wins often can work with smaller wins, and one that wins rarely needs large ones. Use the break-even calculation to see what your own win rate requires, then compare it with your real numbers.

A tighter stop lowers the size of each loss but usually makes you stop out more often, so the win rate can fall. The break-even calculation shows the trade-off. It does not tell you which setting is right for your strategy.

It is a well-documented human tendency: a gain feels worth locking in, and a loss feels worth waiting out. The loss aversion article explains it and lists the sources.

A CSV where each row is one finished trade with its result: your exchange's closed positions or profit-and-loss history. It needs a close time and a result, or entry price, exit price, quantity and side. A list of individual order fills is not enough, because fills cannot be paired into trades without guessing.

The file is read in memory and is not saved. Only the result of the analysis is kept: for 7 days if you do not sign in, or until you delete it if you save it to your account. The analyzer never asks for exchange passwords or API keys.