supernova,
"you go long and short at the same time and you exit the losing position WHICH PUTS YOU AT ZERO because one loss and one win ARE ZERO"
The point I was making is related to risk management and only applies to losing trades.
What I'm saying is that rather than use stops, you hedge against losing trades.
Provided you have a good system then your winners will naturally exceed your losers, however to minimise the damage of any loss it's far better to hedge when it's obvious that you made a wrong decision on your trade. Then see where price is heading next and cancel the duff trade giving you with a very good chance of breaking even or making a small profit rather than just letting price blast through your stop loss leaving you with no option other than to weep over your losses.
atticus - spread on EUR/USD with an ECN is typically 1 pip or less, as a Swing trader would I really care about spreads ?
"you go long and short at the same time and you exit the losing position WHICH PUTS YOU AT ZERO because one loss and one win ARE ZERO"
The point I was making is related to risk management and only applies to losing trades.
What I'm saying is that rather than use stops, you hedge against losing trades.
Provided you have a good system then your winners will naturally exceed your losers, however to minimise the damage of any loss it's far better to hedge when it's obvious that you made a wrong decision on your trade. Then see where price is heading next and cancel the duff trade giving you with a very good chance of breaking even or making a small profit rather than just letting price blast through your stop loss leaving you with no option other than to weep over your losses.
atticus - spread on EUR/USD with an ECN is typically 1 pip or less, as a Swing trader would I really care about spreads ?
