#TradingStrategyMistakes Here are 100 types of trading strategy mistakes you can use under the hashtag #TradingStrategyMistakes — great for educational content, posts, or threads to help traders avoid common pitfalls:
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🔁 Planning & Strategy Mistakes
1. No trading plan
2. Using too many strategies at once
3. Switching strategies too often
4. Over-optimizing strategies (curve fitting)
5. Ignoring risk/reward ratio
6. Trading without backtesting
7. Not adapting strategy to market conditions
8. Blindly copying others' strategies
9. Relying only on technical indicators
10. Not having an exit plan
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💸 Risk Management Mistakes
11. Over-leveraging
12. No stop-loss usage
13. Setting stops too tight
14. Ignoring position sizing
15. Averaging down in a losing trade
16. Taking oversized positions
17. Ignoring drawdown tolerance
18. Revenge trading after loss
19. Risking more after a win streak
20. Not accounting for slippage
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📊 Analysis Mistakes
21. Confirmation bias
22. Ignoring fundamental analysis
23. Over-analyzing (paralysis by analysis)
24. Not understanding indicators used
25. Misreading chart patterns
26. Using outdated data
27. Not checking economic calendar
28. Ignoring market news
29. Following only hype signals
30. Ignoring volume analysis
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🧠 Psychological Mistakes
31. Letting fear control trades
32. Greed-driven entries
33. Holding losers too long
34. Closing winners too early
35. Lack of discipline
36. FOMO trading
37. Trading emotionally
38. Not journaling trades
39. Inability to take a break
40. Obsessing over losses
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📅 Timing & Execution Mistakes
41. Trading at low-liquidity times
42. Ignoring spread costs
43. Late entries after breakout
44. Chasing trends too late
45. Trading during high-volatility events without preparation
46. Not checking order book depth
47. Misusing market orders
48. Trading on mobile emotionally
49. Ignoring timeframes mismatch
50. Executing trades without plan