SL or no SL, there was insane slippage.
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SEE LINE,TRADE LINE..PRICE HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE,,, PRICE WILL GO SOMEWHERE.
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DislikedI just look at the amount of time I am spending on something....if I can't make enough money to make it worth my while, then why do it? Why not spend my time doing something else to make money? Why would I buy a house, take 3 months to renovate, and resale it for $2500 profit? Not worth the effort unless I did it as just a hobby rather than a business. Perhaps some people are not looking for the type returns I am, but for me, trading is all about the money!!Ignored
DislikedThanks to all that replied to my tread, Lessons have been learnt, suggestions have been taken on board. I could be wrong but reading some comments one could get the wrong impression that some people forgot that they did crawl at one point in their lives before they leant how to walk. I'm refering to account size, I appreciate that there are a lot of traders here with accounts of >20k but surely there cant be anything wrong with having a micro or even a nano account to trade with before the farm get sold. Afterall by trading a micro/nano account...Ignored
DislikedThere's nothing wrong with having a small account, its better to lose on a small on than a big one. Problems come when people screw hell out of a small account to try and make a lot out of a little, Im sure some claim they can do this but for most its a disaster.
I would not be happy either if I lost my account, especially this way. You may want to change brokers.
Another thing you can do is not place all your trading funds in your trading account.
Say you allocate $500 for trading next time, only pay in $100-150. It will depend on how much...Ignored