I agree, I'm happy everyone is contributing, i will use the pearls of wisdom here for my next article on the topic, wish I could use them for the...
Equities and ETFs, these strategies run at around 40% And options, here it's a split vote - selling runs at around 65% and buying at around 30%...
Do you track other risk metrics?
Well said, thanks
I agree completely on the average loss /average win issue, that's what I tried to explain in the article provided in the link at the primary post,...
Nerves of still, stay successful
I honestly think many retail traders don't even know their numbers and I agree the are probably at 50%,monitoring your track record for the...
I have to say that all the swing trading strategies I have tried with average down turned out losers, 85% win rate mind you, but these 15% losers...
Agree, Same here, we run at around 40% win rate, but that's the last number I look at, some of our options strategy stand at... 20%! But when 1...
Our win rate is 40%-45%, but the profit factor is above 2 thanks to position size management, this is how we are able to beat the market over the...
How important is the win rate when trading stocks, futures or any other asset class? If you lose more than 50% of the time, does that necessarily...
It's like you say, a good system makes up for the bad trades with future better trades, but at the moment of the trade you ask yourself "why?",...
My trading is fully automated because if the reasons you mentioned and for the reason in my first post, I have a tenancy to procrastinate, now...
Cruel... Difference is you fight to be cured from lung cancer while trading lasts.. If you manage to get the hang of it, but I like the analogy
I agree, but I don't think most retail traders know their win rate, they probably *think* they know, but actually following their trade log to...
I like your answer though I don't think trading should or is fun, it's hard, challenging and routine, it's about not being right but being on the...
Thanks for the honesty , you writing is spot on, it's really hard and grinding, I agree with your conclusion and let me tell you, the voices and...
I like it, you know how to handle it, must have taken years, this is not something you are born with
Trading is no easy process, for many reasons - psychology being one of the major causes of the challenge. In normal days, if ever there were any...
And when there is a downturn in the market, reverse the arrows..
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