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AFRM catching the downtrendAgain we're jumping on a trend that has already started so I want to give the reminder that these should have smaller position sizes in your swing trading strategy. PTON which was previously one of our longs is one of Affirms bigger customers so you could see how the comps compare to last year. Another reminder is here at Flightschool we try to emphasize Reward/Risk to get you into swing trades with less hesitation knowing that your losers have a good chance of being larger than your losers and will help achieve profitability. Therefore, we are not afraid to jump in on a strong trend if it has already started and we also pay less attention on news and talking points.
NASDAQ:AFRMShort
by Flightschool
Trading Plan that will help you become consistently profitableIn my trading career beyond having a strategy (actually multiple depending on market state and asset class) to base my trades on nothing has ever been as important as having a Trading plan. In this post I want to share with you my personal trading plan to help you create a set of rules that will help you stick to your plan and keep your emotions in check so that you can actually follow your trading strategy and become a consistently profitable trader. Something that was and still is key for me is the following realization: Never get attached to your opinion or view of why something should happen. The market is in fact always right and based on nothing but irrationality since its made by humans so the movements of the market do not have to make sense and at more times then not will not make sense. Trading is simply a mind game. Markets are a result of mass psychology which leads to exploitable edges. Mastering your own psychology is key to keep following the strategy that defines your edge. So now without further ado my trading plan template that has helped me so much over the years and I hope will help you as well: **General Rules** 1. Never enter a trade without a plan (TP,SL) 2. Once you are in a trade stick to the plan 3. Its ok to be wrong its not about being right its about making money 4. Be patient do not act on FOMO 5. Do not chase the market 6. Let your winners run and cut your losses short **The 5 fundamental truths** 1. Anything can happen. 2. You don't need to know what is going to happen next in order to make money. 3. There is a random distribution between wins and losses for any given set of variables that define an edge. 4. An edge is nothing more than an indication of a higher probability of one thing happening over another. 5. Every moment in the market is unique. **Rules of consistency**I AM A CONSISTENT WINNER BECAUSE: 1. I objectively identify my edges. 2. I have predefined risk of every trade. 3. I completely accept risk or I am willing to let go of the trade. 4. I act on my edges without reservation or hesitation. 5. I pay myself as the market makes money available to me. 6. I continually monitor my susceptibility for making errors. 7. I understand the absolute necessity of these principles of consistent success and, therefore, I never violate them. **Risk and Money Management** Do not increase the standard trade size before you doubled the account. 1. The maximum amount you are allowed to lose in a day is $XXX.  2. The maximum amount you are allowed to lose on any single trade is $XXX.  3. The maximum number of losing trades in a row you are allowed to have in a day before you stop trading is three.  4. The maximum number of losing trades you are allowed to have in a day before you stop trading is five. (You may have had a win or two between losses, but there is a time to stop trading.) The maximum number of losing trades in the same direction you are allowed to take in a day before you stop trading is three.  1. If you are up $XXX on a single trade, you will put a profit floor of $XXX underneath the current price to protect a portion of those profits.  2. If you are up $XXX on a single trade, you will take the money and close out the trade.  3. If you are up $XXX for the day, you will take the rest of the day off, stay away from the trading screens, and do something you enjoy doing—other than trading !4. If you are up $XXX for the month, you will put a profit floor of $XXX underneath the month's profits to protect a portion of those profits. If you are up $XXX for the month, you will take the rest of the month off, stay away from the trading screens, and do something you enjoy doing—other than trading! Take a vacation, sleep late and read books, or do something else fun.
Education
by TradingPit
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CAD/JPY Trade Explained - 1/8 Risk Reward The CAD has been continuously strong the past few weeks and the JPY has been continuously weak, so we was looking for an opportunity to capitalise on this. because of the fundamental difference we was looking for a long trade with a tight stop loss as we haven't been seeing much exhaustion on this currency and yesterday morning at the London open we saw our opportunity, we saw a full and complete exhaustion to previous area of resistance which is now support, double confirmation on the 15 m timeframe and a bullish engulfing candle on the 1h timeframe. after only a few hours of being in the trade we was able to move our stop loss to entry to give us now a risk free trade that we will manage all the wat to our monthly zone, giving us a risk to reward of 1-8
Long
by Trade_Rocket_Investments
NZD/USD time to short it NZD USD was the most bullish pair of the of 2020 which we all about that it broke the psychological level of 0.69000 which was also the yearly strong resistance area and after breaking that structure market went high up like rocket now on higher time frame we can see that nzd usd found a resistance and also a retracement to the broken structure is going to happen what we have to do is to look for bearish confirmations on lower time frames and enter short with your own money management and risk to reward patience with discipline is what we really need in trading and it always pays off no matter what always remember patience is the key
Short
by Hamaitifx
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