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If daily loss exceeds 2% of capital, stop trading entirely. Come back tomorrow. Non-negotiable.
If a trade hasn’t moved in your favour within 5 bars (e.g., 5 days), exit. Money not working is dead capital.
Every 90 days, review all 50 strategies above. Delete what no longer works. Add new edge. Test on out-of-sample data. This business optimisation loop is the ultimate strategy. -business- 51 Trading Strategies- Optimise Your...
Use APIs and algorithmic scripts to handle order placement, stop-losses, and trailing stops.
Log wins/losses. Compute profit factor for the day. Identify one mistake to improve. If daily loss exceeds 2% of capital, stop trading entirely
For strategies #31-40 (Scalping), you need co-location or a direct market access (DMA) broker with <1ms latency. For strategies #1-30, a standard API connection with 100ms latency is fine.
Optimise for: Corporate & Portfolio Risk Backtest shows increased volatility around full moons
Backtest shows increased volatility around full moons. Trade small or hedge during those 2 days.