Goodbye to randomness: Steps to secure trades with a mathematical mindset
Many people enter spot trading in the same pattern: they open a trade, the currency drops a little, they sell it quickly at a loss while feeling anxious. And when they open a profitable trade, they leave it open without a plan, so the currency returns to the entry point or even lower, and they sell it at a loss.
This method slowly destroys capital over time, causing losses to accumulate trade after trade, and in the end, the trader discovers that his balance is vanishing and he hasn't learned anything from the market.
Today I will teach you two essential steps:
Division
Using an order that prevents emotion and secures your trade (OCO)
These two steps are enough to build a mathematical mindset in trading, and over time help you design your own strategy away from randomness.
1- The idea of division
Let's assume you have a capital of $180, and you have a recommendation on the SOL currency as follows:
Entry: 180
Target: 190
Stop loss: 160
What does the beginner do?
He invests the full $180 at the entry price, and if the currency drops to $178, he sells at a loss. He repeats the same mistake with a second and third currency until he loses all his capital without understanding the market.
But the trader with a mathematical mindset thinks differently:
He says: The market is volatile and will not move in a straight line. Sometimes it goes up and sometimes it goes down.
Therefore, he only enters $90 at 180, and keeps the second half ($90) as reinforcement in case the currency drops by 5%, meaning at $171.
Buying $90 at 180 = 0.5 SOL
Reinforcement of $90 at 171 = 0.526 SOL
Total = 1.026 SOL
Calculating the average:
180 + 171 / 2 → the average comes out to about $175.
What did he benefit? His average entry became lower, thus his chance of profit is greater. Instead of needing the currency to rise to 180 to recover his capital, it is enough for it to reach $175 to exit without loss.
2- OCO order (One Cancels the Other)
After adjusting the average price, the second and most important step comes: securing the trade.
Of course, this is if the currency rises above $175, focus… the topic is very easy.
This is done through an OCO order (its name varies from device to device; mine is called OCO, you find it listed as number 6).
How does it work?
He places a sell order at the target of $190 (take profit).
And he activates the stop-loss order at $175 (to exit without loss if the currency goes back).
When placing a stop-limit order, write 174.9, the condition is activated for the entire quantity and the order is executed automatically, thus securing the trade.
The result:
If the price rises to $190 → his profit is $15 (about 8.5%).
If the price drops to $175 → he exits without loss.
In summary
The idea is simple:
Don't invest all your capital at once.
Divide your entry to strengthen intelligently.
Use automated orders like OCO to protect yourself from emotions.
In this way, you can maintain your capital and learn step by step how to think with a mathematical mindset that distances you from randomness and brings you closer to building a strong strategy specific to you.
