Why is that many traders will take a trade with a 100 tick target, get 95 ticks up, move to break even and do nothing else because its a free trade.
Yet if you told them to get out and take a new position with a 5 tick target and a 95 tick stop they will say "Are you out of your mind?"
The point is you have to be flexible in your profit expectations and assess your R/R not only at the time of entry, but also when the trade is running.
In my opinion, it's not about how many pips you make or how good your win/loss ratio is. It's all about having a decent risk to reward ratio in long term. A win/loss on individual trade doesn't matter.
Yet if you told them to get out and take a new position with a 5 tick target and a 95 tick stop they will say "Are you out of your mind?"
The point is you have to be flexible in your profit expectations and assess your R/R not only at the time of entry, but also when the trade is running.
In my opinion, it's not about how many pips you make or how good your win/loss ratio is. It's all about having a decent risk to reward ratio in long term. A win/loss on individual trade doesn't matter.
