A statistical measure of variability of returns. In the context of trading robot metrics, it refers to the standard deviation of portfolio/trade returns. A larger standard deviation means more volatile returns (riskier). Both Sharpe and Sortino ratios use standard deviation (Sharpe uses total deviations, Sortino only downside deviations). While not always reported directly in cTrader/MT, traders consider it fundamental to risk analysis.

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