DislikedYes, I have been trading on and off for 12 years, I have found that the so called 2:1 risk reward ratio with
small stops doesn't really work, stops of 300-500 pips work much better, it may sound ridiculous to have a 500 pip stop, to try and catch a 200 pip profit ( 5:2 ratio), but in practice, the probability of winning and not getting stopped out, in a good system, increases dramatically because of the large stop.
If you are after catching big moves, 80-100 pips or more, it may be better to trade using Binary Options,
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