Pyramiding Your Trades
In Trading financial markets, one of the least understood profit strategies is the art of pyramiding. Plain and simple, this is the science of adding to your existing trading position in the hope of achieving additional trading profits over what you might otherwise have made.
This is simple enough in theory, but it's filled with pitfalls. In fact, this one area of trading alone is probably the cause of as much despair as almost anything else in day trading or even longer term speculation in the markets. Most people outside of elite professional circles are ignorant of the finer points of pyramiding. In the present discussion, we'll highlight the dangers, but also give you some key ideas on how to pyramid properly.
This is simple enough in theory, but it's filled with pitfalls. In fact, this one area of trading alone is probably the cause of as much despair as almost anything else in day trading or even longer term speculation in the markets. Most people outside of elite professional circles are ignorant of the finer points of pyramiding. In the present discussion, we'll highlight the dangers, but also give you some key ideas on how to pyramid properly.
Key Ideas On How To Pyramid Properly
The first requirement for a pyramid is that your trade actually be profitable at the time you add to it. This may sound pretty obvious, but you would be astonished as to how many traders violate this most basic of principles. Many traders and investors will happily add to LOSING positions! There are various quaint rationales for this; such as the idea that by doing so, you are somehow "averaging" your entry price and making the overall trade thereby cheaper.
OK. Let's cut through the crap here, shall we?%u2026
Here is an inviolable trading principle: You do NOT add to a losing position! Never!
Frankly, it doesn't matter what you may wish to call it, a losing position is a losing position. It has certainly not proven itself, and hence there is absolutely no reason to believe that a loser will turn into a winner.
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OK. Let's cut through the crap here, shall we?%u2026
Here is an inviolable trading principle: You do NOT add to a losing position! Never!
Frankly, it doesn't matter what you may wish to call it, a losing position is a losing position. It has certainly not proven itself, and hence there is absolutely no reason to believe that a loser will turn into a winner.
Read the rest of this day trading article. Click the link.
Pyramiding Your Trades
Pyramiding Your Trades
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