Disliked{quote} "While it is technically possible to make an entire year's income in one single, high-stakes trade, this approach involves extreme risk and is highly likely to result in catastrophic losses, including potentially losing all capital. There is no single "perfect setup" that guarantees such an outcome; successful trading relies on consistent, long-term strategies, rigorous risk management, and discipline, not single huge plays." I might as well borrow 1 million from the Russians, go to the casino, and bet everything on red. Either I'll have...Ignored
Your’e probably trading some shitty 50/50 setup and then complaining it’s impossible to make money in the markets.
There are plenty of traders who have their A+ setups who do very well indeed, but you have missed something here.
It not really about the setup often, it’s about having bulls to go in big on a move you like and then starting adding additional positions up to your max leverage when you are already in profit.
My best trade was a $320,000 winner on a Bank stock after COVID. I saw my ideal setup on the Stock Market, when in with a medium size. After this position moved nicely into profit, I starting adding $50k at each pullback till I was 90% in and ran the move for a long period.
My point is you go in strong on a winning setup and then find a way to start adding positions along the way. It takes metal toughness to be able to go all in on a position but that’s done only on a trade in profit.
An example on my Futures trade last week on NQ, I saw my ideal NQ setup and when in strong. I then added 6 more Sells as price dumped lower and lower till I had used about 100% of available leverage.
Where is the risk in that trade, only 20 ticks to the upside on my initial trade which was about 3% of my equity.
Thats not much to lose when the likelihood of a massive win sits in front of me.
Trading thin liquidity at the boundary of the charts
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