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my point is when you blow up , it is not because of your skills, but rather you don't follow simple rules.

what I meant is you some some win and some lose, on average, you win 50% trades and lose 50%. all you lose is commission assuming wining and losing same number of ticks

I think your point is when you lose, you lose bigger amount than when trade is good. However you can set up stop loss level in a such way to minimize such risk.

I never said it is easy to make money. I am just saying it is not easy to lose money either.

Can you elaborate more on what you said? I am talking about day trading and every trade is intended to make 2-3 ticks. stop is also 2-3 ticks.

If you follow very simple rules, there is no way you can blow up. Let's say once you enter the trade, you put stop loss and exit. let's say you have some TA chart, which doesn't work at all. it means that you have 50% chance of winning in every trade. All you lose is commission. if you...

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