Dislikedbeing right all the time is a lot of extra work. it's also is a detriment if you want to become a trader. basket trading is managed risk, hedging a single instrument short term intraday isn't.
hedging a single instrument makes sense under specific circumstances. for example, I have un-leveraged Yen shorts running from 2008 on my account balance totals. I took a leveraged trade off the bottom last February because it was a good trade, and closed it below where I would have closed the un-leveraged trades. the only reason this made sense is the...Ignored
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