Completely agree. The risk should be defined before the trade, not negotiated during it. For me, the issue was never knowing the rules—it was breaking them when emotions took over. Moving a stop "just this once" or taking one extra trade after ...

How do you control your greed - practically

I can relate to this. My worst losses usually didn’t come from bad setups, they came from me ignoring my own rules once emotions kicked in. Risk management is easy to talk about when you’re calm. It’s much harder after a loss when you want to make ...

How do you control your greed - practically

I think this is something many traders learn too late. People focus on maximizing profits, but the traders who survive long-term seem obsessed with limiting downside risk. The hardest part isn't knowing where to put a stop loss—it's preventing ...

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