What's your worst strategy decision ever?

The worst decisions are the confident ones: the martingale that worked for months, the overfitted EA, the indicator stack. The stories are warnings, and the warnings are the point.

What's your worst strategy decision ever? — moving average crossover diagram
A fast moving average crossing a slower one

Share yours:

  • the decision and the reasoning at the time
  • what it cost
  • the rule that now prevents it
What's your worst strategy decision ever? — risk-reward diagram
A risk-reward ratio of 1 to 2

Honest accounts only — the thread's value is in the mistakes.

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