Many people ask me: "If I'm clearly going in the right direction, why can't I help but close my position as soon as I see a profit?"

To be honest, I've experienced this too. When a trade just makes a few dozen points, I get anxious at the first pullback, always thinking "I should take the profit first." But every time I close the position, the market takes off again, leaving me slapping my thigh in front of the screen.

This isn't really a technical issue, but a psychological one. We are too afraid of drawdowns and too focused on controlling the outcome, which ends up causing us to miss out on the real big trends.

Later, I started to set a plan in advance: where to take profits, how many points to reduce position at drawdowns, not relying on feelings, but strictly following the rules. It really worked; I could hold my positions, and my account began to stabilize gradually.

If you also struggle to hold onto profitable trades, give this method a try.