There is a story in the book Anti-Fragile of a turkey that is fed for 1,000 days by a butcher, and everyday, confirms to the turkey and the turkey’s economics department and the turkey’s risk management department and the turkey’s analytical department that the butcher loves turkeys, and every day brings more confidence to the […]
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As a trader, your #1 goal is to keep your current trading capital safe and secure. Your goal as a a trader is to make money and not lose money. Many new traders lose their trading capital in the first year, but these ten tips will help you keep your capital intact so you can
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If a new trader wants to be a successful, they will need to treat their trading like they would operate a profitable business. Many traders lose a lot of money by approaching trading like it is a hobby. In trading, making money is the goal, and must be kept at the forefront of a
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Almost everyone has read the statistic that 90% of active traders are not profitable and eventually quit trading. While I don’t have the exact numbers, I suspect that a lot of those traders blow their entire trading account before they quit. Even many legendary traders like Dan Zanger, Nicolas Darvas, and Alexander Elder lost a
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Are you trading without a plan? Trading without a plan makes you emotional and a gambler. Do you ever trade too big for your trading account size? Big trades are bad trades for the emotional engagement and risk of ruin that they entail over the long term. Do you risk losing more if you
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One big market down days we can really see who is managing risk and who isn’t. Always remember if you have big winning days and trades that are disproportionally large percentage wise then the odds are that you are also exposed to the downside risk of an equal magnitude. Here are five quick tips
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A stop loss level should be planned when you enter a trade. This is the price level that if it is reached that you will know that your entry was wrong. You should position size with a share count and dollar amount where if your stop is hit you will not lose more than 1%
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While all of these may not fit into your own trading plan, some of these rules could help individuals decrease drawdowns. Make limiting your drawdown in capital your number one priority, not your profits. It is much easier to be profitable when you don’t lose a lot of money. Never lose more than 1% of
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Doing your best to risk no more than 1% of total trading capital per trade, should solve these five problems that traders face: If you only risk 1% of trading capital per trade, you will not experience more than a 10% draw down with 10 consecutive losses. If your trading
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The trader that rejects risk management and thinks they do not need it discover sooner or later that they did. A trader can be successful for periods of time ignoring their risk exposure and their probabilities of the risk of eventual ruin. However they learn that they were just mortal and the trading gods will
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