Halloween Special: The Risk “Treats” That Keep You Alive!🧠 If October has a lesson, it’s this: fear is useful, panic is fatal. Great traders don’t fight the monsters; they contain them.
Here’s my Halloween mindset & risk playbook:
🧪 Keep your “lifeline” small: Risk a fixed 1% per trade until your balance moves ±10%, then recalibrate. This makes loss streaks survivable and hot streaks meaningful.
⏰ Set a nightly curfew: a max daily loss (e.g., 3R or 3%). Hit it? Close the platform. No “one last trade.” Curfews save accounts.
🛑 Define your invalidation before you enter: If that level prints, you’re out, no arguments, no “maybe it comes back.” Plans beat feelings.
🎯 Hunt asymmetry: If you can’t see at least 2R cleanly (preferably 3R), pass. You don’t need more trades; you need better trades.
🧟 Kill the zombie trade: the one you’re babysitting, nudging stops, praying. If you’re managing hope more than risk, exit and reset.
🧘 Protect your mind equity: Two back-to-back losses? Take a 20-minute break. After a big win? Journal before you click again. Calmness compounds.
📜 Make a ritual: pre-trade checklist → position size → entry → stop → targets → log. Rituals turn uncertainty into routine, and routine into consistency.
What’s your #1 rule that keeps the “revenge-trading demon” out of your account❓
⚠️ Disclaimer: This is not financial advice. Always do your own research and manage risk properly.
📚 Stick to your trading plan regarding entries, risk, and management.
Good luck!
All Strategies Are Good; If Managed Properly!
~Richard Nasr
