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Can the stop be greater than the take?

August 16, 2021 by Michael Leave a Comment

There are unbreakable commandments of trading. For example, that the take profit should always be 2-3 times higher than the stop loss, or better 5 times. Everyone agrees with these canonical recommendations from old, dusty books and…. They trade the other way around. Bigger stop, lower take. And then they feel guilty about the “wrong” … [Read more…]

The Fear Of Loss! 5 Questions To Ask Yourself After Losing The Money

March 11, 2019 by Michael Leave a Comment

How to protect the psyche from damages? 5 questions restoring the trader’s peace after a series of losing trades. Use as needed. When you lose money as a result of trading, and this will certainly happen, and more than once, ask yourself these five questions. They will help you to return to a quiet state … [Read more…]

Why does the price turn around after my stop loss?

October 9, 2017 by Michael Leave a Comment

Hello, fellow forex traders! Today, we will discuss one rhetorical question, which often arises both for beginners and for quite experienced traders. This question sounds like this: “Why, as soon as my stop loss triggered, the price reverses?” Why is this happening, does the market see where you place your orders, and why it knocks … [Read more…]

What you need to know about Stop Loss

August 24, 2017 by Michael Leave a Comment

Hello, fellow forex traders! In this lesson, we will talk about Stop Loss (SL). Stop Loss is a very important thing that your success or failure in trading depends on. Next, we will learn what a stop loss is, where to set it and in what way, which SL is better to use, we will compare … [Read more…]

Forex Trading Without Stop-Loss – a Ticking Time Bomb

April 15, 2015 by Michael 3 Comments

Hello, dear readers! In this overview, we are going to talk about the why not all traders like stops (Stop-loss); why this kind of trading is evolving, and we will look at some examples of why trading is ending without stops. In the article, Money Management, we learned how important it is to follow capital management principles, and … [Read more…]