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Board Trading Discussion
Re: Fast ways to lose money trading
by
goldade
on 30/01/2021, 19:14:01 UTC
Hey guys, I recently started trading on Binance and I read books, watched videos on fundamental analysis, support and resistance. I try to improve myself on crypto trading and also on psychology aspect of trading. The path of a trader is not as easy as most think. It is quite different lifestyle portrayed on Instagram. You could be a trader for five years and you'd still not have enough knowledge or experience. Maintaining profitability is a tough challenge.

🌟Fast ways to lose money trading;

👉Trade too much - You don't have to enter a trade everyday even if you're a day trader.

👉Trade too big - Don't use more than 6% of your capital when trading. Ensure your liquidity is low

👉Trade randomly - Don't trade every coin. Be smart, choose coins you're comfortable with. Don't gamble, always have a plan and follow through on it.

👉Trade based on your emotions - Trading is about 90% psychology. Guard your mind and your heart so you can properly apply your trading plan.

👉Trade based on predictions - Don't trade based on financial advice from someone on telegram or any of the social media platforms. Do your own research.

👉No stop loss: This happened to me once. I lost a chunk of my capital. Stop loss was created for a purpose use it for every one of your trade.

👉Cut winners fast: Don't be greedy!! Collect your profits.

👉Let losing trades run: This would kill you, if a trader is going bad I think it's better to close the position at your stop limit rather than letting it run in hopes it may come back to our favor.


I think you've already highlighted practically all of the ways to lose money being a trader. A successful trader must have learnt how to manage these ways of losing money.
I actually believe the fastest of all these ways is not setting stop loss. Not setting stop loss can make one lose all his capital. I almost lost all my capital when I didn't set a stop loss to one of my trades. It was one painful lesson I wouldn't forget in a hurry.