End of Month Report-June

As we approach the end of the June trading month, it seems timely to reflect on what has turned out to be a bumper month. We placed 14 trades during June and were rewarded with a positive month. In all, 7 trades were winners and 7 turned out to be losers, however we still made money.
Although we still have one trading day left, the month will likely return a 2.7R profit. In keeping with the monthly statistics, we tend to have winning trades twice the size of losing ones, so even though half the trades lost, we still made money.
When considering trading methods or systems, one of the most misleading numbers often quoted, is the number of winning trades. This number alone, doesn't tell the whole story. It is quite possible to have systems with very high winning percentages and still lose money, conversely low winning percentage systems can be highly profitable (trend following). What matters more than the number of winning trades, is the amount won or lost  per trade. With our swing trade style we consistently find the win rate hovers around 50%, but each winning trade is normally twice the size of the losing ones. 
This happens because we actively tighten stops when in a trade, such that winners are protected and losers cut short before they reach the original stop loss. It is unusual to hit -1R for a losing trade, whereas quite a few of the winning trades exceed the 1R initial target.
So when you consider a trading style, whatever it may be, or is claimed, always dig into the statistics and make sure you fully understand the results over a large sample of trades.
We will continue to apply the methods described on this site and by being disciplined traders, we can confidently allow the statistics to work in our favour.
Edit: The month is now closed, profit was 3.2R