amateurs have no chance

Discussion in 'Trading' started by dozu888, Mar 21, 2019.

  1. today was not a bad day, had some losses early on but later in the day recovered and made good for the rest of the day. today win-loss ratio dropped to 61% win. but average trade profit increased by quite a bit. few mistakes i made, being over confident and averaging down were big mistakes along with not sticking to my stop loss. hopefully will learn my lesson. so far for past 2 weeks did not have a red day.
     
    #71     Mar 28, 2019
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  2. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    Markets have never changed
     
    #72     Mar 28, 2019
  3. tomas262

    tomas262

    61% pretty nice. What's your avg win vs avg loss ratio? Suppose around 1.5 - 2 : 1
     
    #73     Mar 29, 2019
  4. Sorry it should have been win %, the avg profit trade is still lower than avg loss trade. That is what i m trying to improve on.

    its 2:1
     
    Last edited: Mar 29, 2019
    #74     Mar 29, 2019
  5. smallfil

    smallfil

    The difference between amateurs and pros is the pros stick to their rules! Amateurs could have rules but, never stick to them! Results in the pros taking the amateurs monies. No surprise there!
     
    #75     Mar 29, 2019
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  6. looks like a range now, so far its been a blessed day. i think i will call it a day. only traded 45 mins today.
     
    #76     Mar 29, 2019
  7. allrite now i will call it a day for sure, the trading bug did not let me go so i stuck around, Today was a very good day, not just in terms of money but emotional aspect.
    1. felt very relaxed.
    2. No stress trading as everything was managed properly.
    3. stuck to my trading style the longest today compared to other days( did average down 2-3 trades but was minimal so my entry was not the best for those trades : bad trait that needs to be improved, have to stick to stoploss. win or lose.
    4. did not eat breakfast. Bad bad bad.
     
    #77     Mar 29, 2019
  8. today was not easy, had couple of losses that was managed properly still. calling it a day.
     
    #78     Apr 1, 2019
  9. today was a repeat of yesterday but with very narrow range. Only good for short plays for me. As usual over traded and lot of cancelled order as market was not trending to my liking.
    Today was not stressful and getting some satisfaction as i getting to point where i am able to manage my trade better and stick to my stop loss and exit off trades that go against my calculation.
     
    #79     Apr 2, 2019
  10. Carlw

    Carlw

    Only the direction of the short term trend matters to a day trader....
     
    #80     Apr 3, 2019
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