How many pips a day is realistic for scalping

[LondonNewsTrader]

This indicator creates a dynamic on-chart table that calculates your true net expectancy based on your specific win rate, average targets, and broker costs. It translates commission into pips so you can see exactly how much of your edge is being eaten.

Pips-per-day arguments without friction are fan fiction. Net expectancy after spread and commission is the adult number.

Live bid/ask in Pine v6 is a step up from static inputs, especially if you review London versus overlap separately. My realistic day target on majors is modest once costs are honest — a handful of clean R, not a pip quota that forces tickets into dead hours or into a print. If the dashboard says expectancy is thin, the fix is fewer trades or a better venue, not "try harder on M1."

News days skew averages; I tag release windows so one CPI morning does not redefine what "normal" costs look like.

Are you quoting realistic daily pips as net of costs, or still gross before the house takes its cut?

[PropScalpDesk]

Regarding your question on hold times: my average duration is in the minutes. The strategy is designed to capitalize on immediate structural repricing following an M15 sweep.

Realistic pip targets depend on pair, spread, and hours. A fixed “pips a day” goal is how overtrading starts.

I plan attempts and risk, not a cash fantasy for the morning.

What do you use instead of a pip target to end the session cleanly?

I also log refused tickets so flat time counts as work — otherwise the desk invents activity.

I write the walk-away before London so it is not negotiated mid-tape.

If the idea needs a story longer than one line, it waits for another window.

Topic note from my sheet for t=19: keep risk unchanged until the sample says otherwise.