Avoiding a pair after a loss: when do you go back?

After a painful loss on a pair, traders often avoid it entirely — sometimes rationally (it doesn't suit them), sometimes as avoidance that narrows their options. The return, if it comes, needs its own process.

Avoiding a pair after a loss: when do you go back? — drawdown and recovery diagram
An equity curve during a drawdown and its recovery

What's your experience?

  • the pair you avoided and why
  • how the avoidance served or limited you
  • how you returned, if you did
Avoiding a pair after a loss: when do you go back? — risk-reward diagram
A risk-reward ratio of 1 to 2

The journal guide shows whether the avoidance was rational.

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