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How can net profit be positive when expected payoff is negative?
I was reviewing someone's trade history in FxPrimus and came across this (main currency USD):

What strikes me as odd is that even though gross profit is [CO], gross loss is 49, and expected payoff is -, the total net profit is 49.

How do the numbers add up to a total net profit of 49.24?


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This is a MetaTrader4 Detailed Summary exported directly from the trading terminal.

From the looks of this statement parts of it were omitted. This could have been done directly to the statement (which is just an HTM document) to hide true P/L or this could be a limitation of their Forex broker.

Here is an example of my November summary unedited for comparison:


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