Same Conditions, Different Results

[jeremymgp]

Hello,

I have an unprofitable strategy with equal stop loss/take profit targets, say 50 points tp, 50 points sl. Around 65% trades are unprofitable, so I think to myself, if I keep exactly the same trade conditions but simply reverse the trade direction ~ buy when sell and vice versa, the results should be exactly the same but with 65% profitable trades instead.

It rarely works out like this though. When I keep exactly the same trade conditions and reverse trade direction, results are completely different. If only it were this easy, but out of curiosity why do they differ?

Thanks for your help,
Jeremy

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

I suggest browsing the web. I recall several thread on different forums discussing this issue (have no link at hand though).