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Separate total return from profit

A quoted multiplier may describe the total amount returned, including the original stake. Confusing it with profit overstates the result.

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One topic. 3 useful perspectives.

3 sections

01

Understand the idea

A quoted multiplier may describe the total amount returned, including the original stake. Confusing it with profit overstates the result.

Context
02

Put it into practice

For a hypothetical 100-unit stake and a 2.5× total return, calculate 250 units returned and subtract 100 to get 150 units of profit before fees.

Practical step
03

Know the limits

If the activity loses instead, the original stake may be lost; the example does not predict which outcome occurs.

Important limit

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