Risk management is the core of trading. No matter how good of a setup we have; if we do not manage risk, properly, trader will not be profitable in the long run.
As a discretionary trader, I follow certain rules for managing risk
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Day limit: I have a limit of 1.5% risk on my account per day. It is per day; not per trade.
I usually take 2-3 trades in a day and use this limit across trades.
As most of us know, VWAP stands for volume weighted average price. It is the avg price of the stock or index taking into consideration volumes traded in it.
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Popular method of trading is buying above intraday VWAP and selling below intraday VWAP but it does not most of the time. Why?
Because trader forgets an important element - Market context.