Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Matamor
A course on trading that claims 75 out of 100 trades successfull.
Anyone tried that system?
Please let me know.
|
I have not tried it myself. However a high winning rate can be very misleading.
I haven't looked at the site so I don't know what kind of trading they do.
But for example if they do forex trading....
Say they have a 30 pip stop to win 10 pips. They would need to win 75% of the time just to breakeven.
Many scalpers do that kind of thing where they are risking a decent amount to return a very small amount but like to win more often.
You will see that in people talking about the 10% runbet staregty on Betonmarkets all the time. (They make 10% on wins but lose 100% on losses.) Well on a 100 bets they would have to win over 91% of the time just to breakeven.
To me trading is all about risk/reward and letting your profits run its about how many pips you have at the end of the month not how many wins you have. You can't tell your broker hey I won 75% of the time this month please give me some money. Its
about the profits.
I can tell you that for my forex trading in May I had more losers than winners but still made 175 pips for the month. (Goal is 100-200 a month) June I was on vacation most of the month so it was just 2 trades nothing really. July I again had more losers than winners but came out with 101 pips for the month.
All I need is 100 pips a month I can turn $282 into $20,000 and a $4,000 monthly income in just 25 months.
You can view the progress on that at
www.simpleforex.com/challenge
It doesn't matter to me if I win 30% or 70% of my trades in a month what matters is how many pips I have at the end of the month. MANY top professional traders constantly lose more trades than they win. However they cut there losses early and let there profits run.
Have a good risk/reward ratio I don't personally trade unless I have a chance of making at least 1.5 x my stop on a trade.
Not here to plug my stuff. But it is something I struggled with in my trading for years trying to get as many winners as possible. When it all really comes down to risk/reward and letting your profits run, cutting your losses.
Hope that helps. And if that 60 minute trader system is good and it fits your type of trading goals go for it.