Traders' Roundtable

George,

Kiwi makes some good points. I too was writing with regards to futures and forex.

The win / loss ratio is the result of your style of trading set ups or the system you designed. The same for stop loss size.

If you desire a trading methodology that utilizes tight stops (what is tight to ...

Quite right Kiwi. The first four years of my trading were spent with a complete bias toward the long term.

Tom, I take what the market gives me in any individual trade. I have multiple targets, and prefer to leave some on to run. Different time frames have different avg. win sizes, but it matters ...

Tom,

In my previous statement, I am referring to capital deposited as margin, but that really does not matter.

Think betting opportunities Tom, not betting high % of equity. My betsize usually stays well under 1%.

Of course, having a quality method or system is very important.

The market is ...

When trading intra day, 2% return a day net of commissions does not require a holy grail system.

Do your homework and research. If you choose to listen to the authors and unsuccessful traders that tell you making 2%+ a day is impossible then that is a decision you make. If you choose to make 2%+ a ...

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-George

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