Why Calculate Risk/Reward Ratio Per Trade?

Reward is calculated by the pips between the forecasted entry price and the forecasted price at which you would want to exit the market in case of a winning trade. Reward is the expected number of pips that you want to make in a trade that will be a winner.

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To manage risk properly, you need to look for high probability trades that have a risk to reward ratio of 1:2 or greater. This depends on the time frame that you want to trade. For example, if you are a day trader and you are looking for making only 30 pips in a trade, a stop loss of 15 pips is sufficient for the risk to reward ratio of 1:2.

The second most important thing for traders is minimizing losses, next to maximizing profits. A forex trading system that wins on average only 50% of the time can still be profitable. Most of the traders want to make money. But they don't know how to protect what they currently have.

You have a 50/50 chance of the currency market going your way. It is just like flipping a coin. In case, the trade does not develop in your favor and the market is going against you, you should cut your losses by using stop losses. In simple terms, you cut your losses and let your winners run. This simple 50/50 trading strategy earns a profit even when a novice trader might experience a loss.

For you as a trader, the most important thing is to develop trading discipline. Discipline is the ability to plan your work and work your plan. You need to give your trade the time to develop. You should not hastily take yourself out of the trade because you are uncomfortable with the risk.

After you suffer a loss, you develop doubts about your trading system. Discipline is the ability to continue to trade your system. All successful traders are highly disciplined traders. When you don't achieve immediate success, you become disappointed too soon! The most important quality as a trader that you can possess is persistent.

Learn to follow trading rules and a trading system. The application of trading rules properly is one of the most important things for becoming a successful trader. Applying trading rules is also one of the most difficult to learn. The problem comes when you analyze the market initially. Study of past trades is simple and easy. It is much easier to recognize direction, entry, exits in examples of past trades than if you are trading live.

You should always, always use stop losses in your trading. The idea behind the stop is to prevent a loss from running away too far. A stop is a market order placed a few pips away from the entry price in the event that price action turns and moves dramatically opposite from the anticipated direction.