Everyone has probably seen one of those “amazing” Discord signal groups showing 20 wins, 10 losses and ridiculous monthly RR. Here’s the trick you need to watch for, because it can make completely unprofitable trading look profitable. A lot of these groups count TP1 being hit as a full +1R win. Example: BTC entry: 70,000 SL: 69,000 TP1: 71,000 TP2: 72,000 TP3: 74,000 On paper, TP1 is 1R away from entry. But you obviously cannot close 100% of your position at TP1 if you’re also supposed to hold for TP2 and TP3. So imagine you close 33% at TP1 and move the rest to breakeven. Price comes back, the remaining 67% closes at entry. What did you actually make? 33% × 1R = +0.33R 67% × 0R = 0R Your REAL result is +0.33R. Yet the signal group may happily put “+1R WIN ✅” into their statistics. Now apply that bullshit accounting to a monthly report: 20 “wins” = +20R 10 losses = -10R Reported result = +10R Looks great. But if those 20 wins were actually +0.33R each: 20 × 0.33R = +6.6R 10 losses = -10R REAL RESULT = -3.4R That amazing profitable month was actually a losing month. This is why you should never trust screenshots of win rates or monthly RR from signal groups without checking exactly how they calculate every trade. Partial exits matter. If they count partial TP hits as full wins, their performance statistics are worth jack shit.