longs & shorts

Discussion in 'Journals' started by jimmiebarton, Jun 23, 2015.

  1. barcadia

    barcadia

    I take it you dont use stops, Jimmie? Just wait until the trade is in profit?
    regards.
     
    #51     Jun 26, 2015
  2. pulling stop
     
    #52     Jun 26, 2015
  3. add l 4464
     
    #53     Jun 26, 2015
  4. barcadia

    barcadia

    doji candle/ bottom?

    L 4467
    stop at 4463
     
    #54     Jun 26, 2015
  5. no, not at all i have a rough idea where pain is too great. that changes as chart changes, roughly. every trade in context
     
    #55     Jun 26, 2015
  6. barcadia

    barcadia

    stopped -4
     
    #56     Jun 26, 2015
  7. add l 4465.50

    bazis 67
     
    #57     Jun 26, 2015
  8. explain how your carefully crafted stop helped you here?
     
    #58     Jun 26, 2015
  9. barcadia

    barcadia

    stops are annoying, but without them, I think you are 100% guaranteed to blow up at some point when the market makes one of it's humongous moves! lol
     
    #59     Jun 26, 2015
  10. every trader needs a stop...but arbitrary assigning minus4... you better have a good math based algo..i don't:)
     
    #60     Jun 26, 2015