18 December 2010

BEAR MARKET AND STOP LOSS

Bear market,Things are quite bad brokers are tensed they are not able to reach their respective brokerage targets,Traders are feeling the heat no easy money by trading in out.

Is there any way to survive Bear market!!!!

Of course easiest would be not to trade:).

Well that's not possible.
Trader will trade

Many Traders or investors have one thing in common in thinking.
Bear market good for investment...
buying in falls would fetch good return...

Now here few valid points to discuss
how long you ready to wait..
A trader who sits in front of live charts would he be able to see his holding getting ripped off 50-80%.
Secondly,How to analyze which fall is good to buy,and which is not.

Answer would be not an easy task.
With the kind off falls we are witnessing in individual stocks Its a daunting task.

Atleast we can figure out how much we are ready to loose if the trade goes against us.
In more technical terms we need to define risk appetite.
There's a very catchy saying "A trader with out risk is like a nude girl in a boy's hostel"

You just cannot risk more than you ready to loose
Also cannot hold on to it as it keeps your money stuck in a bad trade discouraging to to get into a new trade and of course Capital gets eaten up its a cascading effect .
Lets take an example say a trader gets into a trade he makes 2k loss a amateur trader would
risk double capital to recover 2k loss+ 2k profit and may end up losing 4k.
Some one so rightly pointed out
Trading is serious Business.Accept it or forget it:)

Stop loss is best tool to define ones risk,Without stop loss its kind off gambling or wishful thinking
I came across many traders who say every time we put stop loss it gets hit.
Take this with a pinch of salt if your sl hits in more than 50% of your trades think about something else trading is not your cup of of tea.

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