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direction with 80% accuracy but still cannot turn a consistent prot because they are terrible at
When you think about exiting a trade, the rst thing that comes to your mind is probably not a
stop loss getting a hit for a pre-calculated loss that you knew had about a 40 to 60% potential of
taking place. Instead, you probably think more about rewards and take prot levels when you
think about exiting a trade, at least this is what most traders tend to think about it.
Its pretty normal to think this way, because after all, most of us are initially drawn to trading
from the idea of fast money or quick prots and rewardsand so it takes more brain power
and forward-thinking to force yourself to think about losses and stop losses getting hit as an
equally important part of exiting trades. So, dont think you are alone if you have a xation on
prots and rewardsjust know that you will need to shift your mentality on exiting trades if
An important fact to understand about exits is that an exit includes prot targets AND STOP
LOSSES, and an exit can also be a breakeven exit. Thus, its important to start thinking about
stop losses as a critical component to your overall trade exit strategy, because how you manage
losses and risk will decide whether or not you make consistent money in the market.
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losing trades is a critically important factor in determining whether or not you make money in
the market.
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If you feel like you have already mastered your trading strategy and you have patience to wait for
it to provide you with high-probability entry signals (you arent over-trading), the only other way
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you can consistently lose money in the market is by mismanaging your exits.
Heres the behind the scenes reason why so many traders nd exiting trades difcult or
otherwise mismanage their trade exits; they are risking too much money per trade.
Think about it; if you have over-leveraged your account on a trade and it goes into prot for you,
youre going to have a very hard time taking that prot because relative to your account size you
have a large open prot and as you sit there looking at that large open prot all you can think
about is how much more you could make. You begin to justify reasons of why the market
might keep moving in your favor and start counting your chips at the table by calculating
how much more prot you could make on the trade if it keeps moving in your favor.
Of courseyou are probably all too familiar with how the story endsyou dont take the open
prot for the reason I just described, and the trade starts moving against you and you are almost
paralyzed in disbelief at how fast all your prot is vanishing. Your thoughts then move to the
idea that maybe the market will stop moving against you and turn back around in your favor.
You are now on the roller coaster of emotional trading that will eventually end in you losing a
large amount of moneyall because you risked too much on the trade.
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Simple solution: ACCEPT that you arent going to win every trade and act accordingly.
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Accordingly means that you never risk more than you are OK with losing on any one trade,
because, like it or not you COULD lose on any trade you take, not matter how sure you feel about
it.
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traders make in exiting their trades is moving their initial target further away ONLY because
they think the trade will keep going in their favor. Most of the time, doing this leads to a smaller
prot than what you had originally planned, or no prot at all.
Note: Just to be clear, I am NOT saying that you should never move your target further out from
your entry or that you should never intervene and close your trades out manually, because if
theres a price action-based / objective reason to do so, then you should. The question you have
to answer about prot targets is are you moving your targets around or exiting manually based
on emotion (greed or fear), or is it based on what the actual price action is doing on the chart?
Remember, when you originally plan your exit for the trade, you place the prot target based on
your mindset and analysis of the market just before you entered. You were probably a lot more
objective and calm at that time because you werent in the market yet. Once your trade gets lled
you immediately become less objective and more emotional as the market ebbs and ows. The
best course of action in regards to prot targets, is often just to leave it where you initially
planned it. Moving it further out as price approaches it is typically an action born out of greed
not out of logic. How many times have you done this and then the market hits your initial
planned target or moves just a tiny bit past it and then rockets back against you, turning a solid
open prot into a much smaller one or even a loss?
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Even if the market DOES keep going in your favor after you moved your target further out, its still
a bad habit to develop because it means you are reacting emotionally to what the market is
doing rather than preempting your actions in the market and acting objectively. You cannot rely
on luck in trading, eventually your luck will run out, probably when you need it the most. Thus,
essentially what Im saying here is that you need to stop moving your prot targets away only
because the market is getting close to hitting them. Let them get hit if theres no price action
based reason not to move them; let your pre-planned prot target play out, then patiently wait for
the next trade. This is part of developing discipline, patience and the correct trading habits.
Stop losses
You also need to be exible but not emotional with your stop losses. You can be a little bit more
rigid with stop losses than with prot targets. Meaning, with stop losses, it makes more sense to
let the market take you out by moving down or up into your stop loss, that way you give the trade
the maximum possible chance of moving in your favor.
The set and forget trade management concept that I teach is more important in regard to stop
losses than prot targets. We need to avoid exiting a trade just because its going against us; we
need to be much more disciplined with the set and forget concept by not exiting until our stop
loss is hit in most cases.
If you manually close a trade out for a loss before it hits your pre-determined 1R dollar loss, you
are also voluntarily eliminating any chance of the trade moving in your favor and this obviously
affects the potential long-term protability of your trading strategy. This is OK to do sometimes,
IF the markets price action calls for it, but a lot of times traders close out trades for small losses
ONLY because the market moves against them a little bit, then the market moves back in their
favor without them on board. As with prot targets, you really should only move a stop loss or
close a trade out manually for a loss if theres a valid price action based reason to do so.
Note: You should NEVER move your stop loss further away from your entry point, no matter
what. This is like the cardinal sin of trading and its a fast track to blowing out your account.
Stop losses should only ever be moved to reduce your risk on the trade, to breakeven or to lock in
prot by trailing the stop.
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to hit it. If you notice either of these things happening it probably means you need to intervene
and possibly exit the trade early.
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My inability to take prots based upon fear or greed will be well managed after applying the
techniques of this article.
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Its like you are actually talking to me. No, not like; You are talking to me!
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Great article Nial, Im really enjoying being part of this trading site.
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JAYARAM R says:
August 17, 2013 at 1:35 pm
good.really it works.
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Thank you for the point of view you offer, its very relevant.
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June 15, 2013 at 3:44 am
thank you
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ada says:
June 10, 2013 at 7:59 pm
Awesome End Questions Nial. Have just cut n pasted them into my reective practice notes
that I write up after each trade. I keep a running diary and this will help me to tie up the end
of any trade I make.
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bonginkosi says:
June 10, 2013 at 2:55 am
Hi Nial
thanks for the informative article
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Lloyd M says:
June 9, 2013 at 11:24 pm
Thanks Nial for the article,and for your request,Vikas,Nial has already written article/s on
how to enter trades successfully.You can look for them on the previous articles
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Thats for me! I am struggling here and cant x my exits because of greed. Triyng with
trailing stops but not very successfull Thanks for your article! Will start using targets (TP)
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Magie says:
June 8, 2013 at 5:19 pm
Awesome article Nial I personally experienced everything you said but until now I couldnt
nd viable solution. Thanks Nial for time and effort you putting into these articles they are
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Qasim says:
June 8, 2013 at 4:42 pm
Great lesson, thanks Nailbut what I think is that teaching and reading and listning is one
thing but practicing is another thing.We acknoledge all these facts about Forex and we
know about our mistakes but in practice we commit the same mistakes again and again
until we are hurted deeply and then we become an experienced traders.however it can
play the role of a light in the darkness of the Forex way if we read it again and again
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June 8, 2013 at 3:15 pm
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I love the picture with the exit door, it represents well what the exit should be: relaxing
peaceful and pleasant end of the trade..
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Thanks Nial. For me set and forget is probably the hardest discipline to maintain. To accept
loss through logic over emotion.
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Nial, you have read my mind! This article is denitely made especially for me! (as if :p)
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Dear Prof Nial, each of your lesson comes as if you are a mind reader. This is a proof that
you indeed a great professional trader. We owe a lot of thanks for pointing the light in every
trading corner of the Forex world.
You have made a mark in my heart and may you continue to witness success in your trades.
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June 7, 2013 at 10:33 pm
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alex says:
June 7, 2013 at 10:24 pm
thanks again for tis article,remind me not only just enter ,and also let me know how to
exit.
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thanks again for tis article,remind me not only just ,and also let me know how to
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Very nice and logical article. Its one of the rst things starting and even advanced traders
should read. Maybe you could consider writting an article discussing when to move stop to
break even. This is something Im sometimes struggling with. Good job, Nial !
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I would like to make a little request too In future, it would help everyone if you could
publish a similar guide to entering trades successfully
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Felix says:
June 7, 2013 at 8:16 pm
This article encourage me to plan my trades better, then no need to move the S/L or T/P.
Thank you for your help
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June 7, 2013 at 8:11 pm
You are Superb Nial. I read most of your articles & trading setups. I learned strategy of being
exible is most important for a successful trader.
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