Precision vs. Accuracy in Trading

🎯 Precision vs. Accuracy in Trading

Most traders obsess about being right. They chase accuracy, trying to predict every move. But here’s the truth:

Accuracy = being directionally correct.
Your system captures real market tendencies, even if it’s only right 40–50% of the time.

Precision = consistent execution.
You take trades exactly as your rules demand—same position sizing, same stops, same discipline—regardless of outcome.

💡 Without precision, accuracy doesn’t matter.
A system with edge can’t pay you if you trade it inconsistently.

👉 The pro’s mindset:

Accuracy is revealed over hundreds of trades.

Precision is applied on every single trade.

Better to be precise with a simple system than sloppy with a brilliant one.

Takeaway:
Accuracy gives you edge. Precision allows you to realise it.