Hello people. let's get right into it.
what is more important than Technical , Fundamental analysis is
RISK - REWARD ratio.
as basic as it may sound, i am very certain that many traders do not have the best practice when comes to risk to reward ratio!
I will give you a simple math lesson to show you the power of this practice.
now assuming that every trade you have has a 50% to hit your take profit target , and 50% chance to hit your STOP LOSS target.
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1 - ( The worst practice ) now let us say you are the typical newbie who sets a very far SL and a tight TP target.
so,Bob is a newbie who has x amount of money to trade in "x " coin
Bob buys at price of 1000 points, sits his SL at 500 and TP at 1250 (because he is so afraid to lose so he keeps SL far away!)
Bob will lose 500 to earn 250.
assuming Bob will have 50/50 chances , which means in every 10 trades he will lose 500*5 and win 250*5
so 1250 - 2500 =
- 1250Bob gets mad , yell at his wife, they divorce and then he blame the WHALES for his lost !
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2- ( The average practice )Steve risks 500$ for 500$ " 1:1 risk:reward ratio".
Steve makes the exact same trades but
2500 - 2500 =
0 - exchange / broker fees -----------------------------------
3- ( The best practice )Mike "me
" risk 250 $ to make 500$ " 1:2 risk:reward ratio"
I make the same trades as the other two guys! get the same results
Lose 250 * 5 = 1250
Win 500 * 5 = 2500
I end up making 2500 - 1250 =
1250$ - exchange / broker fees wife is happy, cat is happy and so am I
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now you might argue about the fact that 50/50 won't always happen.in fact using this strategy you will only need
3.5 / 10 GOOD trades to make profit!
3.5 * 500 profit = 1750
6.5 * 250 loss = 1625
= 125 profit ------------------------------
now this is only 1:2 risk : reward ratio ! think of 1:3 !! . i personally never trade anything that less than 1:2 ratio , sometimes i go 1:5.
and to be honest I make so many wrong calls but in the end of the month my portfolio is in the green !!!
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now in order for you to maximize your chances, you need to follow a strategy be it Support/ Resistance levels , MACD divergences , what so ever !...
Trust me people this is really the ONLY way to end up in green for the long run ! the power of Risk:reward ratio is AMAZING, i only started to make some good income after following this strategy.
and since i am not selling anything here, and you got nothing to lose. just give it a try !
you can try this method on a DEMO account to see how it works out for you!
and rememeber whatever you do ,
NEVER BE LIKE BOB
*excuse my poor English , please do not make fun of my spelling and grammatical mistakes