"Scaling out" is inferior behavior

Do you scale out of positions?

  • I always scale out

    Votes: 113 14.1%

  • I scale out most of the time

    Votes: 228 28.5%

  • Most of the time, I do not scale out

    Votes: 189 23.6%

  • I never scale out

    Votes: 270 33.8%
  • Total voters
    800
As I have proven that all in all out is the best method over the long haul, then a great way to go instead of scaling is an all in all out approach with tight stop. You can always get back in with full position if the market comes back your direction. The scaler will rarely have their full position on when the trade moves in their direction whilst the all in all out trader will. It's common sense. :)
 
Quote from Buy1Sell2:

As I have proven that all in all out is the best method, then a great way to go instead of scaling is an all in all out approach with tight stop. You can always get back in with full position if the market comes back your direction. The scaler will rarely have their full position on when the trade moves in their direction whilst the all in all out trader will. It's common sense. :)
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please remove the rose colored glasses mr better all in out with no fixed target.


The scaler will have smaller losses compared to mr fixed target who gets stopped out on the full position for losses instead of profits.
 
Quote from Buy1Sell2:

As I have proven that all in all out is the best method over the long haul, then a great way to go instead of scaling is an all in all out approach with tight stop. You can always get back in with full position if the market comes back your direction. The scaler will rarely have their full position on when the trade moves in their direction whilst the all in all out trader will. It's common sense. :)
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or the scaler will have a partisl on when the move comes because they are rarely flat,where the all in ,out has a 50/50 shot of catching the move,unless of course they know exactly where to get all in and then all out,but you already(deny) know that
 
Correct method is to enter all in with a tight stop less than 2% of TLNW. Enter again all in if stopped out and market comes back in your direction--again using tight stop less than 2% of TLNW.

Much more effective and superior than scaling:)
 
Still the most salient thread on the site. The tenet has been proven over and over again. This is not a discussion of whether or not a particular trading program is good or bad. Rather, this is a discussion of how to make even a bad program perform better. If you have bad entries and exits, you will lose less by not scaling----if you have a good winning system, you will earn more by not scaling in or out. Very simple
 
Trades that are executed at the same price must be entered using the strategy that one would expect to be the most profitable. Only a fool would enter a trade at a price employing two different strategies.
 
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