EXPERTS SAY "Retail Traders Will Lose It All" THIS IS WHY... (and how to avoid it!)
Published: 2019-10-31
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Published: 2019-10-31
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The speaker emphasizes that switching trading strategies is a detrimental mistake and the biggest takeaway from the video is to avoid doing so.
"The biggest takeaway from this video is going to be don't switch strategies"
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Consistency in trading is crucial. Switching strategies prevents traders from capitalizing on profitable market periods.
"Being consistent as a trader is beyond important and this is why if you consistently switch strategies you're never going to be able to capture the winning periods in the market"
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Switching trading strategies will not lead to good results and will result in a continuously declining equity curve.
"You can't consistently switch strategies and expect to see good results it'll look like the equity curve I just shared with you where the person was switching strategies and slowly bleeding their account to the downside"
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Traders must choose between being a trend continuation or counter-trend trader. Both approaches can be profitable, but consistency with one strategy throughout the year is necessary for success.
"you need to decide are you going to be a trend continuation or counter trend trader neither is wrong both ways can equal profitable outcomes at the end of the year but you have to be consistent with one of them throughout the entirety of the year in order to actually see good results"
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Traders should choose either a trend continuation or counter-trend strategy and then develop a trading strategy, which can be simple or complex.
"pick between drink evaluation or counter-trend and then create strategy your strategy can be of course extremely simple or as extremely complicated as you would like you to be"
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For breakout strategies, traders need to define conditions and entry reasons, and then historically backtest them to ensure they provide a market edge.
"if you're trading breakouts what you need to do is let's say you trade breakouts right here's a little break out on the pounce with you need to create conditions and entry reasons for breakouts and you need to stick to those before you stick to those though you have to bat test and see if historically these breakout patterns using the entry reason and the conditions that you create have provided you with an edge of the market"
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After backtesting, traders should create a full trading plan including trade times, risk management, and discipline. This plan should then be optimized with suitable currency pairs, like pound pairs which trend well.
"if they have backtest create a full trading plan around them by creating the times you can trade by creating a risk management plan and by sticking to all that by being disciplined and then take that information plug it into a spreadsheet decide whether it's something you want to actually trade optimize your portfolio with the best currency pairs for trading breakouts"
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Forex trading involves risks, and live trading should only commence when an individual feels comfortable and ready to do so.
"Forex is has its own risks and I would never tell someone to open a live account that's completely up to you but if you feel comfortable that's the only time you need to be opening a live account and trading with live money"
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The speaker dismisses the practicality of online educators promising extremely high gains (e.g., 1000% per year) as being highly unlikely.
"we have so many trading educators and gurus online that are teaching you the next best way to create a thousand percent gain this year that's not practical for one possible barely and very very very unlikely"
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The probability of achieving a 1000% annual gain in trading is compared to winning the lottery, implying extreme unlikelihood.
"you have more of a chance of winning the lottery then of creating a system or making a thousand percent a year"
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The primary focus in trading should be on avoiding losses, as capital is necessary to generate profits.
"what you really need to do is understand how to avoid losing money you have to have money in the game in order to make money so you can't lose your entire account"
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Avoiding significant drawdowns, like the speaker's 80% loss, is essential before aspiring to become a highly successful trader and achieving consistency and profitability.
"you can't get into an 80 percent drawdown like I did at the beginning of my trading career and expect to eventually become a super wealthy trader you have to avoid these things first in order to become consistent and profitable"
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