Fear of giving back profits: what's your deal?

Watching open profit shrink feels like losing money you already had, and the fear makes traders close winners early. The psychological accounting is wrong, and the cost is real.

Fear of giving back profits: what's your deal? — risk-reward diagram
A risk-reward ratio of 1 to 2

What's your experience?

  • how you react to shrinking open profit
  • the rule that keeps you in the trade
  • how you reframed the give-back
Fear of giving back profits: what's your deal? — candlestick anatomy diagram
The parts of a candlestick: wick, body, open and close

The risk-reward guide shows what early closing costs in expectancy.

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