Let your profits fly for a while!

Have you ever encountered a situation in trading where a good profitable position was prematurely exited due to a misjudgment of the market, or perhaps you held onto it out of greed and ended up with losses?

Why does this happen? What should you do?

This is actually a problem with your trading strategy. You may often hear the phrase, "Let profits fly for a while," but how can you truly achieve this? You need to learn to use a "trailing stop loss or trailing take profit." If you want to achieve long-term positive returns in the investment market, besides learning to stop losses during downturns, you must also learn to properly use trailing stop losses when there are profits.

Suppose your position already has some profits; you can raise the stop loss to the breakeven point or even higher. As the price rises, continuously adjust the stop loss higher. This way, you essentially create a "protective shield" for yourself; no matter how the market fluctuates, your capital won't be lost. You can confidently hold onto this stock and seize more profit opportunities. This is what trailing stop loss is about.

The advantage of doing this is that it avoids missing out on swing trades. In the investment market, if the win rate of trading is 50%, you are definitely above the median. Most investors often find themselves caught in a cycle of buying - getting stuck - cutting losses or breaking even - buying again, and so on, eventually becoming a victim.

However, if you learn to use trailing stop losses along with capital management and staged increases in position size, it can significantly enhance your profits and indirectly increase your win rate. This is something we can discuss more later.

Don't just think about cashing out; if you've made a little money, don't rush to sell for fear of losing it back. Learn to let your profits fly a little longer, and trailing stop loss is the tool that allows you to wait patiently for profits to continue growing.