Sometimes, markets are easy to trade... an indicator makes it even easier.
NIFTY 2016-2017 ... 3 visually obvious simple trades ... long, short, long ... all profitable
But the same indicator can play havoc in a rangebound market
NIFTY 2017-2018 ... 11 trades... only a trailing SL would have helped minimise losses.
The key takeaway from this is... expect half your trades to fail. But the order in which this happens is not known.
Out of 20 trades, you can have 5 continuous massively profitable trades followed by a string of 10 loss making ones and then 5 profitable ones. The 10 consecutive loss making trades will drain you emotionally (but not financially) leading to doubt your system.
NOTE: the timeframe is immaterial so this lesson is applicable for intraday and positional trades.
NIFTY 2016-2017 ... 3 visually obvious simple trades ... long, short, long ... all profitable
But the same indicator can play havoc in a rangebound market
NIFTY 2017-2018 ... 11 trades... only a trailing SL would have helped minimise losses.
The key takeaway from this is... expect half your trades to fail. But the order in which this happens is not known.
Out of 20 trades, you can have 5 continuous massively profitable trades followed by a string of 10 loss making ones and then 5 profitable ones. The 10 consecutive loss making trades will drain you emotionally (but not financially) leading to doubt your system.
NOTE: the timeframe is immaterial so this lesson is applicable for intraday and positional trades.
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