One of the biggest mistakes a trader can make is to neglect the aspect of risk management. In this video, I divulge the most pivotal lesson I’ve gleaned from my experience in trading. During the initial years of my trading journey, I disregarded the importance of risk management, which proved to be detrimental in a significant way. The watershed moment of my...
This video breaks down how its ok to take a loss even when our plan does work out in the long run. We have to be able to maintain these good risk management habits even if we are eventually right. Because in the event we aren't right on the end we have a much heavier loss that's harder to recover from.
Wrapping up from Part 1, I cover the example of taking 1/3rd profits and how that affects your risk in a potentially losing trade.
This is a deep dive into the concepts surrounding "Risk Management" and how to realistically model managing risk. We will discuss: Risk Units Scaling in to positions at a one third risk unit increments Raising stops Taking profits Closing/exiting the position.