How long do you hold a trade? Longest / Shortest

Positive result trades only.

At the moment I'm holding trades until my limit is hit or I get a nervous and manual out. I trade mostly on 15min signals.

The longest I've held a trade is 20hours.
The shortest 20sec.

How about you what's the time when you just say TIME up get out?

the shortest trade was 5 sec when i use to trade US economic news, which i dont do anymore. i trade higher timeframes so positive typically last 1-5 days.

i am a mid-term swing trader and a scalper at times so it differs at times. My longest trade ever held was about 1 week. shortest trade was maybe 15 mins on those scalps that just work so fast into fruition

shorter timeframe more fake signal and harder, i find 1min and 5min not bad

Shortest, about 10 mins, longest 10 days..

Its really depend on market but as per my trade mine shortest one 5 mints and longest one 2 days.

Most of my deals are longer than 12 hours. some even longer than 1 week.

I'd say hours, but at time i hold it for days, I think its a lot safer that way, smaller time frames or short trades can make me make wrong decisions.

The longest was about two weeks on USD/SEK.

The shortest was a couple of seconds when I tried scalping.

i already have decided on paper what will i do if trades goes in profit or loss or when its range bound.

usually it means hitting a stop loss or take profit or leaving the trade alone and waiting for it to hit any of the two.

Regards

I would have to say it varies... some times I may be in and out. (quickie)

sometimes I may take it slow... you know give it a good poke over several days.

Some days I may tease and do repeated quickies over and over.

It's a love / hate relationship and sex sells what can I say?

sorry I could not resist...

U hold it untill the price reaches my limit, or my loss... I try not to mess opened tardes

I use hourly charts and average trade time i'd say is about a day for me. Shortest - at least few hours, longest 4-5 days but I don't like to leave the orders over the weekend and max for me is 5 days

My shortest trade is a 20 pip target on the 5 minute chart, that takes as long as it takes to get hit but generally under an hour. My longest are trades taken off the Daily chart which usually take around a week to play out, but can occasionally run to several weeks - I will stick with them if the charts are giving me no reason to exit the trade. I also trade off the Hourly, which are often done within the day but I will hold overnight if it looks sensible.

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Depends on the pair. Majors usually a few hours to a day or two. Some cross pairs I will hold for a few weeks or a little over a month. Its gotta have a positive roll though been holding EUR/TRY, Triple rolls on Wednesday .

Shortest trade - 5sec (stopped)
Longest trade - 18months (tp)