The breakeven stop trap: when moving to BE costs you money
Moving to breakeven too early turns good trades into scratches. Why pullbacks to entry are normal, and better rules for when to move it.
Common Mistakes
How accounts actually die, even when the direction call was right.
Where to put your stop loss so it stops getting hunted
Most stops get hit because they sit exactly where everyone else’s stop sits. Beyond the level, not on it, and sized from volatility.
Leverage isn’t what blows accounts. Position size is.
The same trade at 1:500 and 1:50 risks exactly the same money. What actually changes, and the sizing formula every trade should start with.
Traders don’t lose from bad setups. They lose on what they do after the entry
The first trade rarely blows an account. The four decisions that come after it do.