| Capital.com Data: One Directional Traders Were Less Profitable than Traders Who Executed Both Long and Short Trades in 1H 2023
September 12, 2023--According to data compiled by high-growth global retail trading platform Capital.com, UK-based traders who opened a combination of both long and short trading positions were more profitable than those who executed long or short-only strategies in 1H 2023. |
| Just 42% of all positions opened by short-only traders were profit-making in 1H 2023, while 46% of all positions opened by long-only traders were profit-making over the same period. By comparison, more than 50% of all trades opened by traders using a mix of both long and short positions at various points during the first half of 2023, resulted in profits.
The data-based on an analysis of 4,965 UK traders who were actively trading on the Capital.com platform between 1 January 2023 and 31 June 2023 -found that clients who executed trades with a 100% long ratio had a -13% return on their investment (ROI) , the lowest ROI for the period. While short-only traders -traders who opened 0% long positions-achieved a -8% return on their investments, on average. |
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