Learning to Lose, Not Worrying

Discussion in 'Psychology' started by Arnie Guitar, Jan 17, 2025.

  1. Good Evening Handle123,

    Whiling using risk greater than reward, scalping, what do you do when you encounter 2-3 losses in a row?

    Thank you,
     
    #21     Jan 18, 2025
  2. taowave

    taowave

    Your scalping 500k + per month, and 3 consecutive losses wipe's out 2 months of profits??

    You either have

    1) and absurdly high hit rate

    2) Horrific risk management

    3) a very vivid imagination






     
    #22     Jan 18, 2025
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  3. Businessman

    Businessman

    4) Mental health issues
     
    #23     Jan 18, 2025
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  4. taowave

    taowave

    Lol!!!!



     
    #24     Jan 18, 2025
  5. MarkBrown

    MarkBrown

    brackets

    i wait for my target to get hit but i don't take the trade then as it moves away from my target i start light with a few, i have tight pt bracket and HUGE stop bracket. i almost always win and when i don't, i flip long before the stop and add on like a mofo on fire till i win. guess i power it into a win.

    try as i may it's not been easy to automate this action. but i have fun doing it while other positions are working out. it's like et a filler of time and entertaining.
     
    #25     Jan 18, 2025
  6. tony.m

    tony.m

    There are 2 ways to day trade and make money
    1) High win rate (80-95%) - Average down, small TP and huge SL
    2) Low win rate (25-40%) No average down, small SL and huge TP
     
    #26     Jan 19, 2025
  7. ironchef

    ironchef

    For me, both worked, in sim. But....
     
    #27     Jan 19, 2025
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  8. Hello tony.m,

    What about this one?

    3) High win rate (80-95%) - small TP and huge SL. NO average down.
     
    #28     Jan 19, 2025
  9. volpri

    volpri

    Revenge trading is a product of an emotional reaction to the market taking $$ from a trader. A well thought out strategy to recover a loss is not revenge trading. I hate losing like anyone else (well there seems to be some who embrace losing as a worthy tactic lol) but sometimes losing is a necessary tactic to keep from losing even more so I take losses too but I develop techniques to mitigate those losses and as a daytrader/scalper I desire to get the losses back quickly.

    Perhaps Handle has develop his own technique to get back losses.
     
    Last edited: Jan 19, 2025
    #29     Jan 19, 2025
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  10. "You got to lose
    To Know
    How to win."

    ~ S Tyler
     
    #30     Jan 19, 2025
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