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Request for Expectancy Metric Addition

Feature Request

Hi Team,

Just wanted to gently follow up regarding my earlier suggestion about adding the “Expectancy” metric to the trading journal. I still feel it could be a really valuable addition alongside Profit Factor for understanding long-term trading performance on a per-trade basis.

Would love to see this feature in future updates whenever possible.

Thanks again for all the work you’re putting into improving the journal 🙂

Posted by Harshal Bare ·
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    Team•

    May 12

    Hi @Harshal Bare ,

    Thank you for the thoughtful note, your explanation of Expectancy and why it complements Profit Factor was spot on. Honestly, this is something we should have shipped alongside Profit Factor from day one.

    Quick update: Expectancy is now live on the Analytics page, right next to Profit Factor.

    We’re using the exact formula you suggested:

    Expectancy = (Win Rate × Avg Win) − (Loss Rate × Avg Loss)

    We also added a couple of small touches on top:

    • The value is shown in your account currency, per trade, so it’s immediately understandable without any mental conversion.

    • For traders who are early in their journey, we show: “Settles after ~20 trades (X so far)” beneath the metric — a small reminder not to over-interpret a very small sample size.

    If you’re comfortable with it, I’d love to credit you in our release notes as:
    “Suggested by Harshal Bare”

    Your suggestion is what pushed this higher up the queue.

    Thanks again for taking the time to send such a clear and well-reasoned request. Feedback this precise is genuinely rare, and we pay close attention to it.

    If you spot more opportunities like this, please keep them coming.

    Cheers,
    Javed
    Founder, JournalPlus