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  1. How to Set Risk Amounts with Price Action

    by , 11-29-2014 at 04:42 PM
    • Traders should look for biases (trends) in the effort of getting the probabilities of success on their side, if even just by a little bit.
    • There is a massive difference between trading and analysis, and risk management can assist in bridging that gap.
    • Price action can offer traders built-in methods for managing and setting risk based on the environment in which they’re trading.

    Technical analysis is to use what’s happened in the past in the effort to trade what may happen in the ...
  2. The Definitive Guide to Scalping, Part8: Risk Management

    by , 10-19-2014 at 11:35 PM
    Talking Points

    • Risk management should be considered prior to entering into a trade
    • Never risk more that 1% of your balance on any single trade idea
    • Stop trading if losses amount to more than 5% in one trading day


    The final lesson scalpers must learn is probably the most important, risk management. The decision on how to manage risk can have a great impact on the bottom line of your account than deciding where your entry orders should go or even what time frame ...