Trading with no rules

Why? Trade, punt, bet...same ting...

ok.... so you do not take any technician help for trading..... i was also doing the same but i got huge loss so i started taking advises..... it may not be applicable on you but it is always safe to control trading or changing strategies before it is too late......

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Huge losses are not acceptable, whether you take advice, follow rules, or not. Trade management is the most inportant part of the whole thing.

What I am saying, but I seem to be getting deeper in here than I wanted, is that your entry points, taken at random, can argueably be said to coincide with any chosen horizontal line, average, fib, indicator, or whatever. Most of all this is a load of old codswallop, made to ensnare wouldbe traders into making a career out of this.

It's based on what the eye can see, commonsense and a realistic stop. The stop is where you want it to be, to keep your account looking healthy. The "logical" places to put stops are too far away, quite often, but they are used because the "rules" say so. My stops are numerical ones. How much am I going to risk on this trade? that dictates where my stop goes.

I've been thinking about this. We do trade with rules, you know, just like everyone else. The difference is that they are our rules. Nevertheless, I think that successful trades make us wonder what made them so and we try to repeat the process.

Yes, I do.

I am trying to get some rules for risk control though.

[QUOTE=1984;1080334]I do not use any form of signals or any technical analysis for my trading, nor do I understand a lot of it. I simply stare at the prices all day and buy or sell when I get the urge. I trade full time and am in my fifth year of profit ( I make my living from trading). I only mention this so that other traders take this seriously (after they stop laughing !). The only area where I have rules is risk control. The reason I am posting this is I admit to feeling massive stress/fear trading this way when everything you read suggests I need to do more. I also acknowedge I am not trading long enough to be sure this will continue to work. I had no experience before I started trading. Anyone else trade in this way ?

Comments most welcome.what market are u trading? futures, equity, or fx

You are quite correct, but I find if I try to formalise rules I cannot cover all the variables.