Recent content by simmygarg

I have seen many traders sitting around me who are making money consistently trading solely on price-feel, for years. Does that mean they are not professional enough, or don't have an edge? I am not sure about the definition of edge. I don't mean any offense to what you said, feels very logical...

Already took today off. Went to desk but practically no trade. I felt much relaxed after seeing the market just like that. Will do the same for tomorrow and then ll start trading with 1 lot. Thanks for your comments, it helps :)

Thanks for the reply. I guess it's both the changed market conditions and my offbeat trading.

No, I can't :). I am a prop trader so this is all I got. More products (softs) are available only until you are consistently profitable in your core product. And I love this market.

Thanks for the above comments. I agree I have to re-look a plan and stick to my rules. Things actually worsened after I panicked from the losses and couldn't execute the trades properly. A little wait here, a little lag there, combined with the fear lead to more risky trades. I will analyse each...

I am currently having a bad losing streak. It all started last month when I took a big loss in one trade. After that I lost on almost every day. Not big, but lost consistently and it resulted in big losing weeks. I tried to control the losses by reducing clip size but looks like that is not...

may be the problem is in over committing to low probability trades or position size management ... I was just wondering if taking all positions with same size help or it should be based on the individual setup/opportunity? ...the former can perform better in managing overall risk/reward (for the...

Hi friends, I have been trading sugar for about an year. I trade outrights and calender spreads mostly intraday. Here's my problem- For the past 3-4 months, I am trying to scale up size. What has happened in the process is - I lost my consistency. Earlier, when I used to trade with 1-2...