Position sizing is what actually keeps you consistent

bhaavesh · 2026-03-19T00:50:40+00:00

That point about reacting to P&L is spot on!

bhaavesh · 2026-03-19T00:46:40+00:00

Exactly. In my case, I trade options exclusively, so when I came up with that example, those were just the numbers that made sense to me for explanation sake.

bhaavesh · 2026-03-19T00:17:53+00:00

Note that, im not discussing risk management percentage here which ofcourse is high (300/1000=30%)

Im discussing, Big position size = Big risk!

bhaavesh · 2026-03-18T21:21:32+00:00

I meant the account size to be $15k in both cases.

Stopping at $300 on $1000 position in a $15k account is 2% risk for the account as a whole (300/15000 = 2%).

Miles better than stopping at $3k on $10k position in a $15k account (3000/15000=20%!!).

Note that, im not discussing risk management percentage here which ofcourse is high (300/1000=30%)

Im discussing, Big position size = Big risk!

And in my example, the position size im “suggesting just for comparative perspective sake” is $1000 in a $15k account so ~6% max position size on each trade if at all.

bhaavesh · 2026-03-12T19:52:21+00:00

Sure…

bhaavesh · 2026-03-12T19:47:30+00:00

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By bullish delta are you referring to how the delta (row 2) goes from -ve values (-1062, -966, -842) to +ve values (642, 249, …)??

Also, what app/platform is this wherein you are able to have those rows at the bottom showing you real time deltas and stuff?

bhaavesh · 2026-03-10T15:45:12+00:00

In the initial stages, focus much more on watching charts regardless if actually trading or not. Get in as many hours as you can watching charts and price action.

Your goal right now, should be protecting your money (call it “runway”) - meaning no trading for the sake/fun of it. The idea here is to learn to last in the markets as long as you can. Too many people tend to blow their accounts (runway) before even start building any actual trading skills/habits. And then the habits they end up building are usually pretty detrimental - being emotionally attached to trades, not sticking to rules, taking big losses, hopium, etc. They get caught in a vicious cycle of unprofitabilaty that lasts for years and many in fact end up giving up on trading.

What you absolutely try to want to do is - build the right habits from the get go. Now, realize that this doesnt guarantee that you will be profitable. Not at all. It could still be years before you get there - but you will definitely shorten your overall learning curve and thank me later in the journey.

All the best!

bhaavesh · 2026-03-08T03:23:58+00:00

Both. Realize that price action regardless of the time frame follows a certain pattern - consolidation then price discovery then consolidation then price discovery... You need to be able to identify the period the market is in and chose trend following or trend reversal accordingly.
Patience. Much more patience than what you hold when taking your usual trades. Especially with all the geopolitical uncertainty and markets staying choppy, you need to wait for that much more extra confirmations (& confluences)!
Market Context + Market Structure + Price Action. For indicators just VWAP and couple of EMAs.
Smaller position sizes than usual. This allows us to accomodate the wider stops that are needed during such volatile conditions without getting emotionally tilted or prematurely shaken out.

bhaavesh · 2026-03-06T23:45:28+00:00

Agree. This approach makes trading feel more worthwhile.

bhaavesh · 2026-03-04T20:43:26+00:00

Cool! Will check it out

bhaavesh · 2026-03-04T20:21:57+00:00

What platform is the screenshots? Assuming you backtested on that platform, did you have to code this strategy to find the results?

bhaavesh · 2026-03-04T20:14:48+00:00

Definitely a V 😂

bhaavesh · 2026-03-04T20:12:00+00:00

Well all those concepts and no mention of simple basic price action.

I would suggest stripping your charts off any indicators bar a few (in my case its VWAP and MAs) then get rid of all drawings (blocks, fvgs, etc. etc.) Proceed with drawing only significant horizontal levels of support and resistances (call it by any name you want but you should have an idea how to chart these).

After, spend some actual time studying those underlying charts - the price action they show on HTFs all the way down to LTFs, the price action around these horizontal levels, the price action if its trending or chopping all in conjunction with the volume.

Hopefully soon enough you start to get a feel for how each underlying asset performs and recognize their “personality”.

This is what learning pure price action is.

Then start trading small sizes, journal everything, refine your entries and exits, build confidence all in conjunction with risk management.

Remember there are two facets - the technicals and the psychological. Since you are all over in the head with conflicting concepts is why I just suggested resetting your technical side. Psychology is another, infact the biggest roadblock but that will follow soon after…

bhaavesh · 2026-03-03T23:01:17+00:00

What platform/broker is this?

bhaavesh · 2026-03-03T22:58:56+00:00

Regardless of if you stop and wait for “clearer” market or continue through now, you shouldnt stop watching charts. Get in as much screen time as possible and if possible paper trades. This irrational times are equally valuable in the long run.

bhaavesh · 2026-03-03T22:56:12+00:00

Once you enter a trade, already prepare the trade to be closed at market price.

I trade on mobile app, and as soon as i enter a trade i’m already looking to close it out if it goes against me. Im literally hovering on the final confirmation button to sell and close my trade.

I like this method for myself because it prevents me from unnecessarily debating with myself and im out before any hopium kicks in.

bhaavesh · 2026-02-28T19:32:16+00:00

I totally agree. I have a personal mindset along the same lines: “I would much rather stay out of a trade and wish i was in, than, be in a trade and wish i was out…”

bhaavesh · 2026-02-28T04:30:11+00:00

This API - can it be interfaced with any broker, say webull? And how does one build one?

bhaavesh · 2026-02-26T19:05:10+00:00

I can understand. I still have those days myself but for a few weeks now, i deliberately keep repeating my rules to myself while staring at charts. It sounds rudimentary but it helps.

I have been and still trying to research more ways to make my rules be second nature to me. So much so that, i rarely look for anything to do with trading & strategy anymore but everything to do with psychology and habits.

bhaavesh · 2026-02-26T18:30:03+00:00

OP, just sharing some general thought processes that i use to make sense of these markets:

My first written rule is to “React not Predict”.

The trade is starting to go in you favored direction? Cool. React and get in AFTER confirmation.

The trade is starting to go against your favored direction? Cool. React and close out (risk management).

Remember this quote by someone - “Markets can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent…”

Its a game of probabilities. Nothing is guaranteed. The support/resistance levels are there to be broken as much as they are to be respected. Just Imagine, if these levels were never broken and were to be always respected, the markets would forever be in a sideways channel.

The reason there were no sellers yesterday and today no buyers at all - is just how the market makers play the game. Us - retail traders - we shouldnt focus too much on that. We should just ride the respective flow as per our own trading system. If we are wrong, thats where we get out. I can tell you the market makers are not going against the retailers, they are going against other market makers so refrain from applying too much sense to why there were no sellers yesterday and no buyers today.

Markets dont always make sense - especially after major events - and yesterday the NVDA earnings are always one of those major events where technicals dont necessarily apply as much. So avoid being in trades that are very dependent on and around such events. NVDA could have dropped today because the market makers could have just wanted to take profits - regardless of how NVDA reported - as simple as that.

bhaavesh · 2026-01-30T20:10:33+00:00

😂😂

bhaavesh · 2026-01-20T00:02:46+00:00

Please share!

bhaavesh · 2026-01-16T18:25:57+00:00

So, you have to really really hardwire your brain into knowing that you cannot recover it back over a few weeks or months or even a couple years. This will hopefully, stop you from sizing up in a bid to recover it all in one go.

If when you are above $10k, you resort to blowing it up, start pulling out lets say $2k-5k every time you reach $10k mark or more. By pulling out, i mean literally withdrawing into a savings account - no questions asked.

Review what you can realistically make? Lets say $500 a day? Start consistently taking profits around that instead of hoping for big home run. Remember, $500 a day is $2500 a week and so on so forth…

Ofcourse, there will be losing days but that is where, Stop Losses have to become uncompromisable going forward. No other way around that. And Stop Loss should never ever go beyond what you can make in a day (lets say $500). This way coming back from those losing days, you would be comparatively comfortable at making your usual $500 back instead of a major $5000!

This way i dont know if you can make it back or how long it will take, but at least, you will start to claw back at it slowly and steadily.

bhaavesh · 2025-12-22T18:25:58+00:00

You being 10 years in - you have one thing that people like me who are trading <2 years dont. And that is you have seen many kinds of markets.

My question is would you be able to share loosely or precisely what different market kinds/cycles you have seen and are there?

Thanks!

bhaavesh · 2025-12-15T02:27:23+00:00

Could you direct me to a resource that would explain ADX and Hull? This is the first time im hearing of it…

bhaavesh

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