#TradingStrategyMistakes ❌ Top Trading Strategy Mistakes – What’s Killing Your Trades?

You can have a great strategy — but if you’re making these mistakes, it won’t work. Most losses come not from the strategy… but from how it’s executed.

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🚨 1. No Risk Management

“No stop-loss = slow death.”

Biggest mistake. If you don’t know how much you’re willing to lose, you’ve already lost.

✅ Always use Stop-Loss (SL)

✅ Never risk more than 1–2% per trade

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🔄 2. Overtrading

Jumping into every candle move, every signal. This kills your focus and drains your account.

✅ Trade only high-probability setups

✅ Less is more. Wait for the A+ setups.

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🧠 3. Strategy Hopping

Switching strategies after every loss. There’s no such thing as a “loss-proof” setup.

✅ Stick to one proven system

✅ Review your trades — refine, don’t restart

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🫣 4. No Trading Journal

If you’re not tracking your wins/losses, you’re not learning.

✅ Record: Entry, Exit, SL, Reason for trade

✅ Helps you spot patterns in your own behavior

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😤 5. Trading on Emotion (FOMO, Revenge, Fear)

Emotional trading = random trading. No edge. Just chaos.

✅ Breathe. Wait. Follow your plan.

✅ No trade is better than a forced one.

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📊 6. Ignoring Market Structure

Trading without reading the overall market trend = walking blind.

✅ Check HTF structure (4H, 1D) before scalping

✅ Don’t go long in a clear downtrend, or short in an uptrend