August 15th, 2008

Types of Exits

When exiting a trade, you can do so under four different assumptions.  In the best of worlds, exit technique number one is the profit target.    Exit technique number two is the trailing stop, which comes into play when the market is starting to move against you after you have accumulated an open profit.  Number three [...]

August 8th, 2008

The Importance of Losing when Trading

In real estate the three most important things to an investor are location, location, location.   In trading the three most important things are: money management, timing your exits and timing your entries; in that order.  More important than how much you make on a trade is how little you lose on the losses.  When you [...]