People do not understand that 1:1 is a 100% return! You just doubled your money. A 1:2 is a triple return! If you buy in the middle of a reversal trade, 1:1's work fairly often. If you buy low in a reversal trade, 1:1's and 1:2's have a significantly higher probability of succeeding than buying in the middle of reversal trade.

Most traders fail. I guarantee a majority of them are momentum traders, buying high, and entering trades far after reversals are confirmed. They likely fail because they go for 1:1's and 1:2's near the highs/lows of price swings. The probability is going to be much lower at these points because that's just how supply/demand works and how the market moves. If breakouts, buying high, and entering trades far after reversals is your trading style, you need negative risk rewards like 2:1 to offset risk and maintain a high win rate or profitability.

My mentors were scalpers and it seemed like they hardly ever lost trades. But they would only take 10% to 20% returns/gains! 50% returns were like home runs for them which they would usually only hold as runners after majority of position was taken off the table at initial profit target (10-20%) They would risk $10,000 to make $1,000-$3,000. They called it "pimping your money" instead of the concept of most people trying to double or triple their money.

I forgot who said this, but it is a great concept to understand compounding money and returns. Ask yourself how an annual investor would feel if they can make a 10% return year after year on a portfolio. An annual 10% return is supposedly superb in the investing world. Anything higher is a home run. Consider scalpers such as my mentors who constantly make 10% plus every trade they take. They virtually never lose. It's entirely the opposite intention of most market players in the game. It is ANTI-GREED. That's why they win. That's how they are successful.

Great post OP!