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Trading glossary

13 terms

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D

Discipline →Doing what your plan says when the screen says otherwise.Basics Drawdown →The drop from an account's peak to its low point.Basics

E

Edge →The reason your wins outweigh your losses over time.Intermediate Expectancy →The average result of your system per trade, in R or money.Intermediate

F

FOMO trading →Chasing a move you already missed, past your planned entry.Basics

L

Leverage →Controlling a larger position than your capital alone.Basics

M

Margin →The deposit a broker holds to keep a leveraged trade open.Basics

O

Overtrading →Taking more trades than your edge or plan calls for.Basics

P

Pip →The standard increment a currency pair moves in.Basics Position sizing →How big a trade should be so a loss costs only what you planned.Basics

R

R-multiple →A trade's result measured in units of the risk you took.Intermediate Revenge trading →Forcing a trade to win back a loss, on emotion instead of a setup.Basics

T

Tilt →Trading while rattled, when judgment is already gone.Basics

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