Three-target systems: TP1, TP2 and a runner — how do you size them?

Splitting an exit into three targets — close a third at each, run the rest — smooths the equity curve but complicates the maths. The sizing of each slice decides the expectancy.

Three-target systems: TP1, TP2 and a runner — how do you size them? — risk-reward diagram
A risk-reward ratio of 1 to 2

What's your split?

  • the fractions you close at each target
  • where the targets sit in R terms
  • how you manage the runner after TP2
Three-target systems: TP1, TP2 and a runner — how do you size them? — drawdown and recovery diagram
An equity curve during a drawdown and its recovery

The risk-reward guide gives the framework for testing splits.

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