The phrase
"risk reward" refers to the potential benefit or gain that can be obtained from taking a certain level of risk. It implies that the higher the risk, the greater the potential reward or payoff. It is often used to weigh the pros and cons of a decision or investment by considering the potential risks involved and the possible returns that can be achieved.
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Note: There are different entry possibilities that I didn't get into here which can affect the potential
risk reward of a particular trade setup.
This provides a tight stop loss with our stop loss just above or below the pin bar high or low and a large potential
risk reward on the trade as a result.
This is a more advanced way to enter a breakout but it can provide a tight stop and a very large
risk reward potential on the trade.
Your articles especially on discipline and patience
with risk reward is the corner stone of trading.
If after doing that, there is a
decent risk reward ratio possible on the trade, it's a trade that's probably worth taking.
Most traders do not
implement risk reward properly; they take profits of less than 2 times risk which inherently forces them to have a very high overall winning percentage to make money.
• We can see this inside bar setup provided another excellent
risk reward scenario in the midst of these recent volatile / trending markets.
Firstly, we target risk management rather than outright returns, meaning that we believe each of our trades holds positive
risk reward dynamics.
Note that price moved substantially higher off this pin bar providing us with a very
nice risk reward potential.
I certainly will not be chasing a breakout up there if we are to get there without a very well defined
risk reward setup.
Unfortunately many traders take the wrong approach to
risk reward by worrying first about the potential reward and last about the potential risk.
I now see that we all have losing trades and we just have to consider losses as part of the math which leads us to profit
through risk reward.
Essentially, spending any time thinking about how much money you can make on a trade, beyond
normal risk reward calculations, is wasted mental energy and wasted time.
These tweaked entries allow us to significantly improve our strike rate and
overall risk reward, which ultimately should put more $ in our trading account.
I know many members who have used the concepts of
risk reward etc, to turn there trading around, I really think this is important.
All this information is then presented to a private mortgage investor who can then determine if a particular loan has the
correct risk reward ratio for their investment.
And, although neither of these candidates is devoid of risk, I believe they both offer what appears to be an attractive
risk reward opportunity.
Note: There are different entry possibilities that I didn't get into here which can affect the potential
risk reward of a particular trade setup.
This provides a tight stop loss with our stop loss just above or below the pin bar high or low and a large potential
risk reward on the trade as a result.
Get ready for a new kind of mobile card game
with risk reward and tactical decisions a plenty.
We need to be sure a
decent risk reward ratio is possible on a trade; otherwise it's really not worth taking.
If you would like to learn more about how I trade the market with price action setups and
risk reward scenarios, please check out my price action forex trading course.
You have to be prepared to miss the trade, but as we discussed above, the advantages of a better
risk reward profile on the trade and increased flexibility in stop loss placement are nothing to sneeze at.
Correctly understanding and implementing
risk reward strategies is the way professional traders compensate for the risk involved in any trade, combined with a refined sense of patience when selecting trades.
very nice article... sometimes we forget of
risk reward like tool for improving our trades, and this sample shows the matter of it... thanks
AAPL will be a good buy around 100 and TWTR stock has
great risk reward at this price.
• Trust the math: remember the example track record above and that even a 40 % win rate can make very good money with an
average risk reward ratio of approximately 1:1.5 or more.
we have to take decision at the end of 6 months
when risk reward ratio as per our analysis say it can not give more than 20 % annualized return from there onward and on the other hand some other cheap stock are waiting for us... Even if one stock which we just sold after earlier will become multi baggar does not mean law of probability say us to hold it..
Still, there's potential for a solid 1:2
risk reward from this pin bar setup if price pops up into that resistance zone.
I say that because I get a lot of emails from traders telling me they can't get a proper 1:2 or
more risk reward ratio because there are too many support or resistance levels in the way.
And as value investor each one of us are looking
for risk reward ration and not holding period..
«So I think with gold sitting here at about $ 1,320 or so, you have a great
risk reward where you could probably target somewhere in the mid - 1,400 s if a bull flag scenario does in fact follow.»
This gives them a far
worse risk reward potential on the trade which makes it a lot harder to turn a profit on the trade, chasing trades is not how a skilled and patient trader behaves.
Note that this setup came off aggressively to the downside and if you placed your stop near the 50 % of the mother bar you would have made a very nice
risk reward return, and of this writing this market is still moving lower off that setup.
By being patient and «timing» entry on a market to pull back you can still in effect achieve the
same risk reward ratio as placing a market order and placing the stop below the price action formation.
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