Not exact matches
This trade
sets up for a better than 3 - 1
reward to
risk ratio and has a well - defined downside.
This
sets the
reward /
risk ratio at 1 to 1.
If you had a predefined profit target
set at a 1:2 or 1:3
risk reward ratio, but as price gets close to that target you move it further away because you «think» price will keep going for an even bigger gain... that is greed, and it will almost always result in you making LESS than you would have if you just exited at your predetermined profit target.
Discuss how to calculate and use effective leverage and learn to
set up an appropriate
Risk to
Reward ratio.
Admittedly I went through a phase of having a
set risk -
reward ratio (1:2) and
risking 1 % of my account, thus calculating my position size must be (x).
The Infinite Prosperity and Top Dog Trading systems both use a stepping stop loss method, so there is no
set risk /
reward ratio.
With Infinite Prosperity, you never start with a
set reward to
risk ratio.
If you
risk losing the same number of pips you hope to gain, the n you
risk -
reward ratio is 1:1, meaning you
set your stop and limit e quidistant from your buy or sell price.
On this setup my stop loss was
set at 93 pips, setups like this allow for nice tight stops which make for great
risk to
reward ratios.
Set Goals
Setting a realistic profit target and
risk to
reward ratio, before entering a trade is what every successful trader would do.
And, when you do
set them up with say, a 80 % probability, you get the same
risk reward ratio as an IC.
These rules should be ingrained in our minds thoroughly for applying these in practical situations without giving importance to the emotional pressures, so that we will patiently wait to see for ONLY the solid
set ups with good
risk -
reward ratio.
I reduce my position size, and I only choose trades where the
risk reward ratio is quite high — in fact a
set my entry level to increase that RRR (like using a 62 % retrace instead of 50 % retrace).
Once you enter a trade, you
set your stop and target order and then calculate the
reward:
risk ratio which compares the potential
risk and the potential profit.