Vik

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[Vik @vikrambansal03]

It's surprising how few traders grasp money management in trading (including me for a long time).

• Size up if trading with a recent profit cushion.

• Size down during cold streaks.

• Size bigger on A+ ideas, and smaller or skip mediocre ideas.

• Stash profits for a safety net.

• During hot streaks, avoid a lifestyle upgrade.

• During cold streaks, avoid sizing up to recover losses—low confidence compromises execution and can easily lead to digging a deeper hole financially and mentally. Size down, rebuild mental capital, and a new profit cushion.

• Use recent performance to dictate sizing.

Trading can be brutal without these measures, especially in this market environment.

[Vik @vikrambansal03]

@kunal00 😂

[Vik @vikrambansal03]

@TannersTrades Thanks, super helpful!

[Vik @vikrambansal03]

@TannersTrades In the Google sheets document you created that tracks the total risk one has in their portfolio if all positions were to stop out, do you have a max risk percentage of your account at risk that you try to avoid seeing like 15% or 20% for example?

[Vik @vikrambansal03]

@vikrambansal03 i dont post AI analysis of $100m mcap stocks with an anonymous pfp so no impressions for me. Its ok, I am glad you enjoy the work.

[Tanner @TannersTrades]

Parabolas are the most potent towards the end.

Looking back at my catalogue of 100+ parabolic stocks that I have annotated over the years, I can see the similarities between them, and some of the leaders of today. That being said, just because something has gone up a lot over the last couple years, does not mean it can't continue.

Of course stock charts are not as linear as the line in the graph below, but recognize that towards the end, a stock can make a multi hundred percent move in an extremely small window. Just 2 weeks ago my RKLB position was around 1500% gain, now 2200%. That first 700% took almost an entire year. Let that sink in.

Not only that, but also take AAOI for example, I bought it up 5000% from its lows 2 years ago, and still traded it for more than a double and did not even sell close to the top.

Things look extended and you feel left out, I get it. But that last pitch can be a real heater if you play it right. Focus.

[Vik @vikrambansal03]

@TannersTrades I'm surprised how under-followed you are. Priceless posts 🙏🏾

[Vik @vikrambansal03]

@anymanfitness SHRED

[Vik @vikrambansal03]

@stocktalkweekly @RichardMoglen Who pissed in your Cheerios dude?

[Vik @vikrambansal03]

@anymanfitness 2 min rest between sets?

[Vik @vikrambansal03]

@MarciSilfrain 🤣🤣

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[Vik @vikrambansal03]

This is not meant to be an insult but I find it amazing how you find so much joy in a seemingly 'boring' life. And I think it's the default state for humans but our dopamine receptors have all been fried so we are mostly all addicted to constant stimulation. I will continue to work towards enjoying the mundane. Cheers 🙏🏾

[Vik @vikrambansal03]

One of THE most toxic phrases we tell ourselves after a losing day or a few losing days or weeks is "I just need to reset".

It does nothing to help us figure out what we are doing wrong and likely just keeps us stuck in our downward spiral.

I told myself this so many times and it never once resulted in improving my performance. I was just being too lazy to dig into the painful data.

What always improved my performance was doing the boring work of looking at my trades in detail and becoming conscious of where the root of the problem was so I could actually stop making the same mistakes in the heat of the battle.

[Vik @vikrambansal03]

Something I've started to do to prevent a big drawdown when I feel fomo is that if the feeling is strong enough and I am having a battle with myself mentally about entering a trade in which I feel I have missed the ideal entry, I just enter with a fraction of the position size. This way, if it keeps going, I don't feel bad about not participating and if it doesn't work, I take a tiny paper cut. Of course the ideal place to be is to just sit out when feeling fomo but for now this is helping me combat fomo and protect my capital.

[Vik @vikrambansal03]

Tito is by far one of my favorite accounts to follow. It's almost as if he knows exactly what to say at just the right moment 🙏🏾

[Tito A @GnT_Trades]

At the end of the day, you can't catch them all.

There will always be a stock you didn't buy, a trade you didn't take, a move you saw coming but hesitated on. That's not failure. That's the nature of the game.

The traders who burn out are the ones who keep score by what they missed. The traders who last are the ones who keep score by what they executed. Focus on your at-bats, not someone else's highlights.

[Vik @vikrambansal03]

@N7alphafarmer @GnT_Trades Ego, respectfully

[Vik @vikrambansal03]

This was a major lesson I learned last year. I unfortunately got steam rolled in March last year and then April and May were flat months for me even though they were 'easy' months because of lost confidence from March. This year is going much smoother by being a lot more patient 🙏🏾

[Vik @vikrambansal03]

@thedaytradesman Hey, I'm GT from the tenet chat. I sent you a DM if you don't mind checking, thanks

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