Cognitive bias
Cutting winners and holding losers: one habit, not two
They look like opposite errors. They come from the same source, they compound in the same direction, and one fix addresses both.
4 min read
Research / Tag
Risk-reward
Ratios, R-multiples and the arithmetic that links win rate to profitability.
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Tagged “Risk-reward”
Trading emotions
Greed and target creep: how winning trades become losing ones
The target was 60 pips. At 55 you decided to hold for 90. How a plan quietly becomes a hope, and the exits that prevent it.
4 min read
Cognitive bias
Loss aversion: why losing hurts more than winning feels good
The asymmetry that makes traders cut winners early and hold losers long. Where it comes from, and the structural fixes that work better than trying to feel differently.
5 min read
Chart patterns
Measuring moves: turning a pattern into a target
A setup without a target is half a trade. How the measured move works, why targets must exist before entry, and what to do when the projection is unreachable.
5 min read
Market structure
Pullbacks and retracements: where trend entries belong
Buying a trend at its high is the most common way to be right about direction and lose money anyway. Why the entry price changes everything.
5 min read
Risk-reward
Risk-reward ratio: using it without fooling yourself
R-multiples make strategies comparable and journals honest — but only when the reward is as real as the risk. Where the ratio genuinely helps, and the two ways it gets gamed.
5 min read
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