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What is the best way to manage loosing trades?
Membre depuis Nov 13, 2015
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Nov 08, 2017 at 07:27
Membre depuis Nov 13, 2015
posts 12
Hello everyone,
I'm interested to know your recommendation on managing loosing trades, best way to close them to prevent further loses.
Would it make sense to close a loosing trade AS WELL AS any winning trade or trades that sum the equal amount of the loosing trade...
ie. LOSSING TRADE -$10.00. (close)
WINNING TRADE +$10.00 (close)
I'm interested to know your recommendation on managing loosing trades, best way to close them to prevent further loses.
Would it make sense to close a loosing trade AS WELL AS any winning trade or trades that sum the equal amount of the loosing trade...
ie. LOSSING TRADE -$10.00. (close)
WINNING TRADE +$10.00 (close)
Nov 08, 2017 at 15:39
Membre depuis Dec 03, 2015
posts 30
My 2 cents would be to manage every trade independently unless the strategy uses multiple entries. Losing trades should always be closed at the predetermined stop level at worst (most good risk management systems would try to close losers quicker). Otherwise they have a tendency to snowball and eventually blow the account. Thanks.
Membre depuis Aug 27, 2017
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Nov 08, 2017 at 16:34
(édité Nov 08, 2017 at 16:36)
Membre depuis Sep 10, 2009
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It depends on strategy and currency pairs. I enclose my testing on Parabolic SAR strategy, EURUSD. I get different results for different currency pairs. Values in screenshot are in USD.
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Membre depuis Aug 04, 2017
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Nov 10, 2017 at 10:41
Membre depuis Aug 04, 2017
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You should never open a trade without a plan. Not only you need a target, you also need to know when your entry is wrong and you have to get out. And I am not talking about a stop loss, you can exit manually. I call it emergency target.
Membre depuis Dec 12, 2017
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Dec 17, 2017 at 08:21
Membre depuis Dec 12, 2017
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There are web pages, such as the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) or the Spanish Stock Exchanges (BME), in which the basic keys to improve the world of investment in the stock market you can take a look for you Familiarize yourself with concepts as important as liquidity - easy to buy and sell an action.
Membre depuis Dec 11, 2015
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Dec 17, 2017 at 14:51
Membre depuis Dec 11, 2015
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That is something one's trading plan should take into account. Different strategies require different approaches, there's no one universal answer to that question.
Membre depuis Mar 02, 2017
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Dec 18, 2017 at 07:17
Membre depuis Mar 02, 2017
posts 46
There is a lot of strategies to deal with losing trades.
1) Stop Loss - soft one (based on individual trade) or hard one (based on account balance), static or dynamic...
2) Averaging and its variants (Martingale, grids...),
3) Hedging,
4) a combo of everything.
The best one??? It depends of your trading strategy.
1) Stop Loss - soft one (based on individual trade) or hard one (based on account balance), static or dynamic...
2) Averaging and its variants (Martingale, grids...),
3) Hedging,
4) a combo of everything.
The best one??? It depends of your trading strategy.
Trade safely... Remember, a high Drawdown means a high risk!
Dec 18, 2017 at 14:54
Membre depuis Sep 10, 2009
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I would prefer martingale, but only in 3-4 steps on every new signal. If your signals are reliable, there is no need to close trade in loss. So lets say I would open 0.01 lots, than 0.02, 0.04 and finally 0.08
If market still goes against you, and 4 signals failed, close all, review strategy and restart
If market still goes against you, and 4 signals failed, close all, review strategy and restart
Membre depuis Mar 02, 2017
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Dec 18, 2017 at 15:15
Membre depuis Mar 02, 2017
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profijet posted:
I would prefer martingale, but only in 3-4 steps on every new signal. If your signals are reliable, there is no need to close trade in loss. So lets say I would open 0.01 lots, than 0.02, 0.04 and finally 0.08
If market still goes against you, and 4 signals failed, close all, review strategy and restart
People use martingale and averaging in a wrong way. When you are trading, some support and resistances will define a change in master trend. When this change happens, Martingale, grid, aversging fails miserable. But if you sell at .382, .500, .618, .786 and .886 in a Fibo retracement, but incrising your lots... it is an Averaging or Martingale strategy, with a SL at 1.000, where trend shows signs it has ended. 0.01 + 0.02 + 0.04 + 0.08 + 0.16 = 0.33 lot. I think it is better than place the 0.33 lot at 0.618 for example.
Trade safely... Remember, a high Drawdown means a high risk!

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