Recent content by TPerakis03

You not a fan of them?

Thanks for the insight man. I really appreciate it.

Yea I’ve found that’s the big thing. Aswell as just keeping my emotions in check while in the trade. I’ve had a couple trades snap back on me like that and it doesn’t go well for confidence especially if you’re new like me. Honestly I’m gonna start experimenting with MA crossbacks coupled with...

I agree but I’m not just shorting because the market is down. I short based on patterns and retests on the daily/weekly/60min timeframes.

I do have a trading plan and I average twice what I risk. However the exits are somewhat of an issue. For instance a trade goes 10-12 points in my favor but I wind up taking 7-8 of those points. Also just kinda squeamishness of taking swing trades. I only trade if there’s a pattern/retest of the...

That’s a very interesting way of looking at it. I’ve thought about something like that before and I’ve been experimenting with OCO’s on paper to try a variation of that strategy. I usually just go based on the MA cross back around daily support/resistance. But I’ll definitely experiment with that.

Yes going short. It’s really frustrating when you set all the targets and your entry zone on the daily and weekly just to chicken out and watch the profits go.

Hello guys, my name is Tsepo and I’m 24. I started learning about stocks and the market about 6 months ago and actual trading about 2 months ago. My profit factor is 2. I have 2 questions, how do you manage exits on smaller timeframes and has anyone ever had a sort of mental block when trying to...