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  • #21
  • Oct 12, 2008 10:56pm Oct 12, 2008 10:56pm
Quoting big_pipin
If your trading off the 8hr and weekly charts, do you think setting a 10 pip stop is going to do any good?...LOL no. Maybe a 250 pips stop....larger time frames = larger risks.
no.. not necessarily.. it's all about leverage and MM.
your 250 pip trade may be only worth 3% of your account, my 25 pip trade also may only be worth 3% of my account.

at the end of the day i don't care how many pips you made or lost, just what % of your account you gained or lost. that is what really matters.
  • #22
  • Last Post: Oct 12, 2008 11:10pm Oct 12, 2008 11:10pm
Quoting fxRichard
I agree that larger timeframes = larger risks that is my point. If you want to invest your money then trade on a large timeframe, if you want to make quick money do it on a small timeframe, life is only so long
Aint that the truth.

You can make 5 trades / month and have an average risk/reward of 3%/3%.

So you win more than you loose and you won 3 trades out of five for 9% and lost 2 for 6%.

Total increase of 3% for the month. Not bad huh? but...

You could switch to a small timeframe day trader and trade 100 times a month. Maintain the same risk/reward ratio and also win 3 trades for every 5. So you wins 60 trades for 180% increase and loose 40 trades for 120% decrease.

Total return for the month? 60% Not bad huh.


Mike

Life is short, take the fastest route you can, 3%/month will get you there, but 60% / month ...
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