This from SH;s site made me think a bit. Hedging works by placing a trade in the opposite direction to your existing basket of trades which are currently in drawdown (DD), generally with the intention of either: halting further DD until you are able ...

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Thanks again Bob - I think I've been trading this way for a while(following the trend and scaling in) but without the hedge. By that I mean yep I have always used a sl(albeit) a fairly wide one. I always rejected the hedging strategy bcos I bought ...

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$136,000 an ounce - thats silver not gold!!!!!! url

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RR on this just gets better lol image

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Yeah I thought all that talk about shorting the EU was overdone - Whats the old adage - buy the rumour sell the news - Times like that I just stay out.

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Yeah he's one of the few traders who seem pretty honest. He also posts his trades here if you're interested. url

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Some fantastic info in your last few posts Bob Thanks - Can I ask a question tho - you mention 20% dd - just wondered under what ciircumstances you would 'hedge' a losing position - or do you just close it. I notice Subsense has gone quiet lately - ...

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Thanks srt - I still got a lot to learn abt options I think.

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Never understood options so don't trade them - for instance - why would you sell puts - why not buy calls???

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Yeah I know I'm a bit(lot) myopic when it comes to PM's - I need to work on that LOL. Basically at current prices, whatever the cost of production, I believe silver is a steal with limited downside risk. But having said that I accept that it could ...

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I started trading(alongside stacking) recently and I have no stops set - every time it drops I add another contract - am I mad???. Nah don't think so............. Frankly, I believe the “all-in” cost of silver today is far higher than $30/oz. url

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I always wondered about volume there are a couple of threads on FF where they proclaim to use volume for trading such as Volume Spread Analysis and they swear by it - Neither of my brokers even offer it and when I have asked they tell me it's not ...

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If this goes any lower they might as well give it away. image

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Can I ask if that is true how you can hunt the stops?

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Thats why I'm flat LOL

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Spieler, Do you ever hedge your positions or do you always use sl?

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Yeah I just think it's too obvious and everyones expecting it - but......what if we get some really bad numbers out of Europe and some really good ones out of US - theres lots a news this week and the German figures today weren't great.

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Everyones talking about the ECB and negative rates this week - but what if they don't url

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And what better way to reduce your risk(to 0) than being flat?

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