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Trading with Expectation/Expected Value – Part 3b: What Price Behavior Shall We Trade?

Author: Osikani

Trading with Expectation/Expected Value – Part 3b: What Price Behavior Shall We Trade?

by Osikani 3 Comments

In the last part of this series of posts, we said that we needed to find some repeatable, measurable, price activity to create a trading method with which to tackle the market. How do we go about this? To put it succinctly, by looking at a historical chart. So let us examine a chart. We … [Read more…]

Posted in: Bars, Chart, Price Action, Statistics, Trading Methods Tagged: breakdown, breakout, engulf, inside bar, outside bar

Trading with Expectation/Expected Value – Part 3a: Find the Target before you enter the trade

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Do we really have to use fixed Targets and Stop Losses? Up until now, while discussing how to trade by using Expected Value, we have been looking at making our statistical analysis with a trading method that uses a consistent fixed number of ticks for a Stop Loss and a fixed number of ticks for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Price Action, Statistics, Trading Methods Tagged: expectancy, expectation, Expected Value, loss, probability, profit, stop loss, target

How do you talk to the market? – Do you demand or do you ask?

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There are really only 2 ways to look at the market. One is: “This is how much I want to make, and this is how much I want to risk, because my guru told me to always use a 3:1 ratio.” So give me 600 ticks/pips, because my stop loss is 200 ticks/pips. The other … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles, Trading Methods Tagged: attitude, psychology, respect, reward, risk, taking profits

The Basics for a successful trading method

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There are as many methods to trade as there are traders. Indeed, probably more methods than traders, as many traders have multiple methods that they use. Ultimately creating or finding a successful trading method boils down to a few very definitive steps. No matter what, even though many are unaware of it, the first stage … [Read more…]

Posted in: Price Action, Strategies, Trading Methods Tagged: EVRatio, Market Replay, NinjaTrader, simulated account, simulation, trading method

What win rate do you require to make you profitable?

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An interesting question. What lies behind it? A belief held by many traders that they must have a win rate where they win 70% or more of their trades and also be able to place their targets using some magic ratio (usually 3:1), the distance from their stop. Of course, the stop must also be … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles, Price Action, Statistics, Strategies, Trading Methods Tagged: expectancy, expectation, Expected Value, loss, probability, profit, stop loss, target

Trading with Expectation/Expected Value – Part 2c: Using the EVRatio to prequalify a trade.

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I can hear you asking:”What in the blue hell is an EVRatio?” To put it simply, the EVRatio (as we shall choose to refer to the Expected Value Ratio) is the true Reward/Risk ratio of a trading method, after the probabilities of the exits (both target and stop) being hit have been taken into account,. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Price Action, Statistics, Strategies, Trading Methods Tagged: expectancy, expectation, Expected Value, loss, probability, profit, stop loss, target

What does it mean to “trade well”? – Part 2 – Money Management and Risk Control

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Paradoxically, most traders,especially the ones with the “Get Rick Quick” mentality are all gung-ho about how much money they want to make, and have no considerations on how much they might lose. The stars in their eyes show all the potential profits, and never consider the potential losses if they are wrong in their trade. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles, Trading Methods Tagged: expectancy, expectation, Expected Value, Expected Value Ratio, management, money, money management, risk, risk control, stop loss

What does it mean to “trade well”? – Part 1

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There are some who think that trading is easy. We almost all did at some time. Then we learned better, did we not? Trading is not easy, but actually it is simple: we must sell at a price higher than we buy. That is pretty much it. But we know that there are many times … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles, Trading Methods Tagged: expectancy, expectation, Expected Value, Expected Value Ratio, management, money, money management, risk, risk control, stop loss

Trading with Expectation/Expected Value – Part 2b: Calculating the Expectations

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In Part 2a, we showed how despite using the much vaunted 3:1 reward/risk ratio of 3:1, a trader could still end up with a losing trading system. We asserted that the profitability of a trading system depends not only on the relative sizes of the distance to target and stop, but also on the probability … [Read more…]

Posted in: Price Action, Statistics, Strategies, Trading Methods Tagged: expectancy, expectation, Expected Value, loss, probability, profit, stop loss, target

The 4 stages of becoming a trader. Where are you in the journey?

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Stage 1: Usually this happens in the very first trade; sometimes in quite a nice winning streak of the first few trades. The trade(s) are very successful, and the novice trader thinks he is a genius. He starts figuring how long it will take to buy the new car, the boat, build the new house … [Read more…]

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