Not
just any rewards setup, it is the world's largest hotel rewards program.
Not exact matches
Winning traders view each trade
setup as
just another execution of their trading edge, they then think about how to minimize their risk on the trade while simultaneously maximizing their
reward.
When you begin to view each trade
setup as
just another execution of your trading edge and effectively implement position sizing and risk to
reward scenarios, you will also be managing your emotions because you know your possible risk and possible
reward BEFORE you enter the trade, you then set and forget the trade and therefore there is nothing to become emotional about.
With a potential
reward of
just over 2 points, combined with 1 point of risk, this
setup still provides you with a decent
reward - risk ratio of better than 2:1 (
just over 2 points
reward with 1 point risk).
Winning traders view each trade
setup as
just another execution of their trading edge, they then think about how to minimize their risk on the trade while simultaneously maximizing their
reward.
Just a quick observation (based on successful long - term demo trading)... What you say about discretion regarding trade
setups can be applied to discretion regarding risk:
reward.
When you begin to view each trade
setup as
just another execution of your trading edge and effectively implement position sizing and risk to
reward scenarios, you will also be managing your emotions because you know your possible risk and possible
reward BEFORE you enter the trade, you then set and forget the trade and therefore there is nothing to become emotional about.
Know what your exit strategy is BEFORE entering the trade, if you are not exiting on a pre-set risk
reward setup, than make certain you don't tell yourself that you will
just «figure it out» as the trade unfolds, this never works.
Being patient while trading with price action goes something like this: you see what looks like a decent pin bar formation but it is going against a rather strong trend, because you know that this
setup has a much lower probability of working out than a pin bar
setup with a strongly trending market, you sit on your hands and pass it up, don't think anymore about it, even if it works out it does not matter because you
just exercised patience, and you will be
rewarded for it the more you use it.
Once you have this figure defined you then wait patiently for a high probability trade signal like a price action
setup, once your desired
setup forms in the market you then need to start thinking about risk, not
reward just yet.