4. Terminate - Exiting
The Trade
In the 4 T’s trading system
video we use an initial stop loss 1 point to the other side of the
3 day breakout that triggered the trade and trail the stop
after each new 3 day isolation;
Exit on a 5 day breakout |
Terminating your trade is your exit strategy and is done one of
two ways. Either you are stopped out for a loss, or you exit with a
profit. The loss usually occurs because the reason you entered the
trade ends up being wrong, and the stop loss is created to preserve
capital by keeping the loss as small as possible. The profit occurs
because the trade went in the desired direction and at some point
you or your system decided the trade has done its job.
The first consideration when entering a trade is the initial
stop loss. If the stop loss is never triggered, the next
consideration is your exit strategy, which can be a pre-determined
profit target or a trailing stop. We’ll start with the first
consideration.
Move on to Step 4 -
Module 2 > Trading System Builder Tool Kit: Trading Rules
> Terminate: Initial Stop Loss
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