There are one or two currency exchange methods that you can use to boost your profits, regardless of what currency trading system you could be using. Here is one easy trick that can help you to make more out of each successful trade. Naturally, all traders know that you must set a limit order or at least include a nice profit aim or closing signal in your scheme and keep to it. Either you are aiming towards a certain number of pips or you are waiting for something similar to an oversold or overbought signal and then close right away.
Keeping a trade open for an uncertain time, looking to make the most of it and profit from each last pip, is a road to destroy. Sure it is upsetting to shut out a trade at fifty pips and then see the trend continue to two hundred, but how often does that happen? We have a tendency to remember trades like that and forget the others, so if you don’t keep a record of what happened after you closed a trade, now’s the time to start.
If it turns out to be true then you might want to back test the outcome of boosting your profit target per trade, but in 90% of cases you’ll find this does not occur frequently enough to excuse that. Naturally, to do that you must either be trading more than one lot or have a broker that accepts fractional lots. You can set a limit order for the first half but you need to be watching the market so that at that time, you can set a new limit order for the second half and at the same time, move your stop-loss. The new limit order might be 1/2 your original profit target or it could be an identical quantity again, though not more. Naturally, all traders know that you should set a limit order or at least include a nice profit aim or closing signal in your plan and keep to it. It is critical not to keep a winning trade open till the instant ‘feels right’. Either you are aiming for a certain number of pips or you are waiting for something similar to an overbought or oversold signal and then close instantly.
There are several options for the positioning of the new stop and it is an excellent idea to back test these for your particular system. First option, if your stop was originally twenty pips out from your opening position, it now moves to twenty pips from the price at which you simply closed 1/2 the order.
2nd option, your stop moves to your entry position and or minus the spread. So if the trend now turns on you, you’ll have a decent profit on the initial half of your trade and break even on the second half. What’s best is dependent on the original position of your stop. It might be a gigantic mistake to only close half of a trade when it hit your stop, unless you are testing different positions for the stop. Foreign exchange strategies should maximise your profits, not your losses! .