A performance metric of a trading system defined as gross profit divided by gross loss (from all trades). A profit factor above 1.0 indicates the system’s total profits exceed its losses (e.g. a profit factor of 1.5 means total profit was 1.5 times total loss). It’s used to evaluate the effectiveness of forex robots or strategies – higher is better, but extremely high values may not be sustainable.

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