# Breakeven trade

**URL:** <https://forums.collective2.com/t/breakeven-trade/2129>\
**Category:** C2\
**Created:** [March 8, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/breakeven-trade/2129 "2013-03-08T12:57:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![MarekJankowsk16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@MarekJankowsk16](https://forums.collective2.com/u/MarekJankowsk16)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/breakeven-trade/2129/1 "2013-03-08T12:57:50Z")

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Breakeven trade should be treated in statistic an unprofitable trade (overall total balance of the trade is \< $0 after commission).  
  
  
  
Treating is as profitable makes strategy statistics disconnected with reality (Mathew, make on strategy 30 breakeven traders. Check strategy statistic and account balance. Statistic will be positive, balance will be negative.  
  
  
  
Not a good situation if statistics are disconnected with account balance.

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**Author:** ![MatthewKlein](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/matthewklein/32/21382_2.png) [@MatthewKlein](https://forums.collective2.com/u/MatthewKlein)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/breakeven-trade/2129/2 "2013-03-08T13:03:28Z")

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Breakeven trades _are_ treated as losses for the purposes of stats calculations.

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**Author:** ![MarekJankowsk16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@MarekJankowsk16](https://forums.collective2.com/u/MarekJankowsk16)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/breakeven-trade/2129/3 "2013-03-08T13:11:44Z")

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Ok, my mistake. In the first iteration statistics show brakeven trade after close as profitable. Five minutes later statistics were correct.