My strategy in a nutshell

This is in a few words, my strategy and mentality when trading. Enjoy.






• Max risk per position 0.5 % of closed equity

• Must not exceed 2.5% of closed equity in open trades

• Have a lot of confluence in your trades, minimum 2 indications and major areas + S/R and price action.

• First priority should be risk management, always cutting risk when you can, which is moving your SL closer

• Always assess which quality type a trade is, and risk accordingly.

• Always plan your trades from A-Z, with SL's well planned behind possible support/resistance zones. How far you think your trade is going, I for example use technical analysis and have many confluences in a given trade. i.e. MACD divergence + swing high + pinbar sticking through good price pivot zones, a few MA's or big round numbers.

• My second priority when I have cut the risk on a trade to break even, only then I focus on managing the trade for profit.

• Trading psychology. When I trade, I am constantly reviewing my thoughts. Analyzing what I'm thinking and why I'm thinking it. This helps me tremendously in staying focused and keeping my emotions effecting my decisions. for example. 'why do I want to set the stop loss here?, is it too tight? am I being too greedy? am I setting it too tight because then the compounding on the position sized trade will be so great (greed) but with the SL at a vulnerable area... or at a protected area behind ma's, BRN or zones? as stated above. These are questions and more I ask my self constantly when making trading decisions. In short, keep your emotions from effecting your trades.

• Don't worry about losses.. They are half the fun. It feels great cutting risk by half from 30% to 15% and then the trade turns around and hits my stop loss. Because I have cut my losses short! I am often making my losses small. And that feels good.

• Don't have unrealistic expectations.. Don't expect to make 25% a month consistently without the inherent risk. I look to make 5% a month, but would gladly accept 0.5% even. I have heard prop firms look that traders make around 2% a month consistently. Don't you see? its about low draw down, low risk, consistent returns. Not the 25-50% a month.






I thats it in a nutshell. How I trade. It is all about risk management for me.


Best regards, Stefan.

Good one, Stefan. If you have some interesting charts, with 'best of the best' trade examples, please don't hold'em back.

Indeed sounds very good.

How about some charts? 😄

Have to run for now! but feel free to ask me Q about the trades above.

p.s. the two trades above are one of the better trades I've taken ;)

I think you have too many rules and too many lines on your charts - but such is the case with most traders

I have only two

1. be patient

2. follow the market

anyway, whatever rocks your boat.

compounder posted:
    I think you have too many rules and too many lines on your charts - but such is the case with most traders

I have only two

1. be patient

2. follow the market

anyway, whatever rocks your boat.

Yah. We'll see :)

Indeed, you have so much going on there...😄

Is the system your own development? How long have you been trading it?

wilkinson posted:
    Indeed, you have so much going on there...😄

Is the system your own development? How long have you been trading it?

This system is not my development. It is basically support resistance + confluence with TA & PA

I was taught it mostly by james16group.


I've been trading for a year now.

Voffi posted:
    

wilkinson posted:
    Indeed, you have so much going on there...😄

Is the system your own development? How long have you been trading it?

This system is not my development. It is basically support resistance + confluence with TA & PA

I was taught it mostly by james16group.


I've been trading for a year now.

I see.
I've checked your profile and I see only one active system - is it the same system? The results (+177%) are excellent.
Have you tried programming the system?

wilkinson posted:
    

Voffi posted:
    

wilkinson posted:
    Indeed, you have so much going on there...😄

Is the system your own development? How long have you been trading it?

This system is not my development. It is basically support resistance + confluence with TA & PA

I was taught it mostly by james16group.


I've been trading for a year now.

I see.
I've checked your profile and I see only one active system - is it the same system? The results (+177%) are excellent.
Have you tried programming the system?

Well, its the one I'm currently trading. I've used the same trading methodology since I started in february last year.

The (+177%) account is like the name of the system suggests. ''Fooling around without position sizing'' nothing more and nothing less.



No I have no intention on programming it. To program this system, I would have to code how I think.

Great trading..

I've also noticed the account started trading on January. Did you encounter a margin call before with the system? As you've saying you've been trading it for over a year now.

No, I've never had a margin call.

I have been trading the same methodology for a year.

Voffi posted:
    No, I've never had a margin call.

I have been trading the same methodology for a year.

Got it.

So can you elaborate on the trading system?

wilkinson posted:
    

Voffi posted:
    No, I've never had a margin call.

I have been trading the same methodology for a year.

Got it.

So can you elaborate on the trading system?

anything more specific you want to know?

Voffi posted:
    

wilkinson posted:
    

Voffi posted:
    No, I've never had a margin call.

I have been trading the same methodology for a year.

Got it.

So can you elaborate on the trading system?

anything more specific you want to know?

Well, I thought the trading system methodology question is quite specific... 😀

well, in my first post I described what makes up in short, my trading style and methodology. As you see there, there are a few points stressed, like. Money management, risk management, trading psychology and technical analysis. These are all elements that make up my trading system.

So. Could you please be more specific :) I don't feel like writing a book on this thread :)

Anybody, feel free to ask me questions. I'll answer them as well as I can.

regards, Stefan.

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