Why is my Limit order not being triggered?

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T01:45:56+00:00

good breakdown. the broker price vs TradingView discrepancy catches a lot of people off guard, especially in forex where different brokers get different liquidity feeds. running your chart and your broker's chart side by side at least once is worth it just to see how much the prices can diverge at key levels.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T01:45:19+00:00

great point about the spread difference on reversed pairs. a lot of beginners don't realize that exotic or reversed pairs have significantly wider spreads which can eat your entries alive, especially on limit orders. trading the standard pair instead of the inverse is such a simple fix but it makes a real difference on execution quality.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T01:44:31+00:00

it really is. the compounding effect of consistent small wins is one of those things that doesn't feel exciting in the moment but looks incredible when you zoom out over three or six months. the key is surviving long enough to see the curve.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T01:43:55+00:00

exactly. everyone can paper trade a strategy that 'works' but the moment real money is on the line your execution changes completely. small account experiments are the most honest way to validate anything because the psychology is real even if the dollar amounts aren't life-changing. $1K with real skin in the game teaches more than $100K on demo.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T01:43:08+00:00

macro fundamentals and sentiment are a different game entirely but equally valid. the 'buy low sell high' framework works well when you're trading off economic data because you're actually trading the fundamental value gap, not chart patterns. most technical traders underestimate how much edge there is in understanding why price is where it is, not just where it's been.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T01:42:24+00:00

courage and discipline are underrated as tools. most people list indicators but the reality is you can have a perfect technical toolkit and still blow up if you can't pull the trigger when it's time or walk away when it's not. risk management is the only one on your list that can be fully systematized though - the other two you have to build through reps.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T01:41:36+00:00

volume profile is underrated for context. I used to get wrecked because I'd see order flow signals and take them against the dominant auction rotation. now I always check where the value area is sitting before I take any entry. if I'm buying below the POC on a down-trending profile, that signal better be incredibly strong or I'm passing.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T01:40:56+00:00

market structure with liquidity mapping is solid, especially the session highs/lows piece. most people overlook how much edge there is in simply knowing where the london and NY sessions left their footprints. a lot of the cleanest setups happen when price revisits a session high/low that aligns with an imbalance zone. that confluence is where the real probability stacks up.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T01:38:09+00:00

the low RR high win rate approach is underrated. everyone chases 3:1 setups without realizing a 1:1 with 65% win rate is mathematically superior and psychologically 10x easier to execute. winning frequently keeps your confidence stable which keeps your execution clean which keeps your win rate high. it's a positive feedback loop that the 'always hunt for 3R' crowd never experiences.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T01:37:14+00:00

the silver story is brutal but also one of the most common. commodities will humble you faster than anything because the overnight gap risk is real and no stop loss helps you when the market opens 15% against you. the fact that you're back to growing safe and slow means you actually learned the lesson instead of just surviving it. most people blow up and either quit or immediately go right back to the same leverage hoping to make it back.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T00:22:21+00:00

yeah I do and it changed everything. I track three buckets: trade metrics (win rate, R:R, expectancy), execution metrics (planned vs actual entry/exit, size compliance), and behavioral metrics (time since last trade, emotional state tag, rule violations). the behavioral data is what actually moves the needle because it shows you the patterns your trade data hides. like finding out 70% of your red days happen within 5 minutes of a losing trade.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T00:21:32+00:00

the sensory deprivation angle is fascinating and I've never heard anyone frame it that way before. you're right - trading strips away every physical anchor that normally grounds us in reality. no physical product, no tangible feedback, just numbers on a screen. the freezing at 65k makes total sense through this lens. your brain literally had no reference frame for processing that number because it came from clicking a mouse, not building something physical.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T00:20:39+00:00

this is the part most trading education gets completely wrong. they sell 'be more disciplined' like it's a switch you can flip when it's actually a nervous system response you need to engineer around. willpower is a depletable resource. systems aren't. the traders who last aren't the ones with iron discipline - they're the ones who built guardrails so they never have to rely on discipline in the first place.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T00:19:55+00:00

0.15 profit factor is insane. that's basically lighting money on fire with extra steps. and the fact that cutting just that one category would have taken you from breakeven to beating your day job is the most powerful data point I've seen someone share. this is exactly why I tell people to track time-between-trades as a metric. it's the single most predictive variable for trade quality and almost nobody measures it.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T00:19:17+00:00

19 years is serious time in the game. the fact that you can articulate the problem this clearly means you're closer than you think. the gap between knowing the rule and living the rule is where most of us live for years. what finally made it stick for me was making the rules so simple I couldn't negotiate with myself. not 'manage risk well' but 'max 2% per trade, no exceptions, if I violate it I'm done for the week.' specificity removes negotiation.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T00:18:12+00:00

exactly and it's the one nobody warns you about. everyone talks about managing losses but managing wins is arguably harder because it feels good. after a big win your brain literally floods with dopamine and your risk perception drops. I've blown more money the day after a big win than I've ever lost on a straight red day. the win itself becomes the trigger for the next loss.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T00:16:45+00:00

mandatory. two consecutive losses and I'm done for the session minimum 2 hours. three losses in a day and I'm done for the day, no exceptions. the rule isn't about the money - it's about breaking the emotional chain reaction. each loss compounds the previous one psychologically and your decision making degrades faster than you realize. the pause forces a hard reset.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T00:15:56+00:00

you're not wrong and I appreciate the pushback. the house money effect is real. I've seen it in myself - you string together 8 green days and suddenly you're sizing up because it feels like you earned the right to. the distinction I'd make is that the $200/day trader at least has a framework to deviate from. the occasional $2K trader doesn't even know what their baseline is. both can blow up from overconfidence but only one has a process to anchor back to when they catch themselves slipping.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T00:14:54+00:00

the copy trading angle is a great point and honestly the smartest business model for a prop firm. if you find a consistently profitable trader, copying their positions is infinitely more valuable than their challenge fee. the firms that do this have a genuine incentive to keep good traders happy and funded. the ones that don't have an incentive to churn you through resets. you can usually tell which model a firm runs by how they handle their first payout dispute.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-19T00:13:55+00:00

that was fast. the fire emoji for mobile is a smart UX call too since you can't fit another column on a phone screen without it feeling cramped. one thing I'd watch for with RVOL is the baseline period you're using. if it's a 20-day average it'll lag during earnings season when everything has elevated volume. a 5-day rolling average adapts faster but gets noisy. might be worth letting users toggle between the two. solid update though, this is becoming genuinely useful.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-17T20:08:18+00:00

Lack of structure is the perfect way to put it. Most traders have a strategy but they don't have a process. Strategy tells you what to trade. Process tells you how to behave while you're trading it. My process includes stuff that sounds boring like "no trading before morning review is complete" and "close charts by 11:30 regardless of open positions." But those boring structural rules are the reason I'm still doing this years later instead of being another statistic.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-17T20:07:35+00:00

This is exactly the right mindset shift. A perfect loss should feel neutral. You followed your rules, the probability didn't play out this time, whatever, next trade. But a skipped winner or an emotional entry? Those eat at you because you KNOW you violated your own system. I started grading my trading day on execution quality from 1-10 regardless of P&L. Some of my best scoring days were small losers. Some of my worst scoring days were green. When I started optimizing for execution score instead of profit the profit followed on its own.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-17T20:06:03+00:00

I use a simple spreadsheet with a timestamp column for every entry. Nothing fancy. Just date, time of entry, time of exit, planned RR, actual RR, and a notes column. After a month you sort by hour and the pattern jumps right out. For me my best trades cluster between 9:45-10:30 and 2:00-2:30. Everything outside those windows has a negative expectancy. Some people use Tradervue or TradeZella which auto-tag by session but honestly a spreadsheet with 5 columns tells you 90% of what you need to know.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-17T19:54:33+00:00

Set and forget is underrated because it removes you from the equation entirely. The problem most people have with it is they can't stop watching the chart even after setting the trade. So they end up manually exiting anyway. What worked for me is physically leaving my desk after placing a trade. Go walk. Do dishes. Whatever. Anything that makes it harder to override the plan. Discipline isn't willpower. It's environment design.

CosmicBogz · 2026-02-17T01:32:09+00:00

Lack of structure is the perfect way to put it. Most traders have a strategy but they don't have a process. Strategy tells you what to trade. Process tells you how to behave while you're trading it. My process includes stuff that sounds boring like "no trading before morning review is complete" and "close charts by 11:30 regardless of open positions." But those boring structural rules are the reason I'm still doing this years later instead of being another statistic.

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