No amount precisely, it depends on your capital and how much you are risking. Sometimes the market can be funny to battle you out of the right spot you have seen for profit, it hits your stoploss but that doesn't mean you should give up but to understand that it is the market strategy to chase after traders stoploss first before giving you your winning. So for me I might try a particular trade three times if I believe in it and most times I can win back part of my losses on that market at the end of the third try



I notice that the December season is a hard season to market profit. This is because the market is unstable and not consistent. So looking for a better strategy to beat this season is better or to avoid it