Keep a record of were your initial take profit would have been before you exit the trade prematurely, that way you have a record of what you...
There are 2 logical places to close a long position. 1. When you aggressively sense the move is/might be over.... trying to top-pick by selling...
Hi, This is what some people do when long and in the money. Close the first half of the position where you normally do and take this profit....
Do you have statistics on how cutting your winners too soon reflect in your results? Are you sure you would make more (or any!) money if you could...
Did you try Renko Charts as help ? Usually most traders hold longer in the trades and making also less trades.
Same issue here. A long city metro bus ride can help reestablish focus and discipline. As one trader put it years ago, if riding the bus every...
First things first. Do you have a valid way of expecting these trades to be winners or is it just hindsight regret? Meaning - do you have a method...
Hi! It's a problem that is not going nowhere with time, I know because I have it myself. It's seems like you don't know really how to manage your...
One thing you can do is study your trades more to find out where are some clues or some information in the PA that can tell you that the trend is...
Ross Cameron had the same problem. His solution was to scale out as @deaddog says. Take a bit of profit, but let the rest run, solved his...
Your problem is psychological from training yourself in taking profits early. This is due to having painful losses and many times giving profits...
Some things that you might look into... 8 targets in trading...
Guys I have a severe problem and it's driving me crazy. As soon as I get a good entry and everything looks like it's about to explode, I can't...
Anytime your up 100+ handles... or up 100% on your money is a nice time to set a super tight trailing stop on half position.... eliminate the...
Fighting the urge to chase this move.... I need a life coach to come and take my mouse when I get the urge to sell a winning position....
It could be your mobile phone or mouse use. If that is the case maybe it is a nerve inflammation. Nerves kind of oxidate when inflamed. If that...
LOLOL Well done DD. And frankly, I could not disagree one bit.
The little we have learned about you in your short time on ET, I would recommend that if you get the urge to trade futures that you pour some...
You have a luxory problem :) I always enter the range myself via the keyboard, instead of trying to select and pick with the mouse (or via the...
If you think that having some cash under your bed or buried in your yard is going to save you from any government doing whatever it wants with...
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