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		<title><![CDATA[Forex Software — [Serious Bug] Wrong results when displaying profit in Pips]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: [Serious Bug] Wrong results when displaying profit in Pips]]></title>
			<link>https://forexsb.com/forum/post/5305/#p5305</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Dear Geektrader,<br />I understand your logic.<br />Lot size can be changed from “Market” - “Edit Instruments” dialogue form. Changing the lot size of the instrument doesn’t change the position’s profit / loss when it is shown in pips.</p><p>Probably you mean “Number of lots to be traded” instead of Lot Size.</p><p>The formula for calculating the long position’s profit is: <br />Position’s Profit / Loss = (Close Price - Open Price) * Number of lots.</p><p>As I see, you want to remove “Number of lots” from the formula. If we do so, it will be not possible to calculate correctly the cases when we add to a position.</p><p>Example:</p><p>Open long 1 lot at 1.50;<br />Add 1 lot at 1.60;<br />Close all (2 lots) at 1.70.</p><p>According to the programs logic the profit will be: 20 + 10 = 30 pips.</p><p>Another example:<br />Open long 1 lot at 1.50;<br />The price goes up and returns back to 1.50 and the strategy adds 1 lot at 1.50;<br />Closing at 1.70.</p><p>The profit must be 20 + 20 = 40pips.</p><p>That situation is exactly the same as we were open 2 lots initially. So the profit must be the same;<br />20 pips * 2 lots = 40 pips profit.<br />If we apply the logic you propose, the program will show profit 20 pips.</p><p>I think no correction of the program’s logic is necessary. If you want to see the profit / loss without “Number of lots” correction, use 1 lot for entry and forbid the adding and reduction.</p><p>PS.<br />If you think you are right, that may be a bug. Please publish an example.</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[null@example.com (Popov)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: [Serious Bug] Wrong results when displaying profit in Pips]]></title>
			<link>https://forexsb.com/forum/post/5132/#p5132</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>I agree with deektrader, this need to be look after.</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[null@example.com (fxwinner)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 20:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[[Serious Bug] Wrong results when displaying profit in Pips]]></title>
			<link>https://forexsb.com/forum/post/4711/#p4711</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<p>Hello,</p><p>when showing the loss/win etc. in Pips (Account - Information in Pips), one strategy (as an example) has 860 pips profit. Now when changing the fixed (I don´t add or anything, just trade a fixed lot size) the lot-size for trades (double it for example), the same strategy has now won double the Pips. This doesn´t make sense at all since the strategy can´t create more pips with a higher lot-size, only when displaying the profit in Dollar/Euro the amount would double, but the profit in pips would stay the same as it has no relation to a Dollar/Euro value at all. However, it still doubles or decreases when changing the Lot-Size, which makes no sense at all.</p><p>Hope this get´s fixed as this is seriously wrong calculated.</p>]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[null@example.com (geektrader)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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