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We have already found out that it can be quite dangerous to trade without stop-loss in Forex. We have also managed to define the most popular risk allowance per trade of an average Forex trader. Now it’s time to understand how the traders place their stop-loss …

No, this post isn’t about profiting from Forex by using the ”hedging” (grid) strategies. Two weeks ago I’ve asked my readers about their thoughts on trading Forex without stop-loss and, while I still believe that it’s generally a very bad idea, there is at least one case …

Stop-loss is one of the best invention of the financial trading. At the same time it’s also one of the most cursed thing in Forex — how many times was your stop-loss hit just before the trend reversed in the direction of your position? For many traders stop-loss orders are the reason of depression and despair. Unfortunately, not …

Trailing stop allows you to automatically protect the profits with your positions. It adjusts itself according to the current market rate and the amount of pips you give it to trail behind. Trailing stop is a great tool for the conservative and long term traders as it easily creates protective «airbag» for the trades. There are two basic ways …

Revising my recent trades which were made during the last month I still find myself making the same mistakes I’ve been doing as a newbie trader. The amount of these mistakes lowered, but sometimes emotions overcome the mind and the strategy and as a result — pips are lost. Here is the list of most devastating and stupid …