How many trades do you take in a week on average? Do you make sure to put in a certain amount of trades in a week? 
Depends. I dont care about how many entry orders i put in weekly. The only thing that matters is that those entry orders are justifed
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Yes, there is no one answer that will fit all traders, so there is no need to compare. It depends from trading style and the strategy. The idea is that number of your trades should be equal to the number of the entry signals generated by your trading system. If you will make less trades, you could probably miss some opportunities that could impact the overall performance. At the same time, if you will make more trades than your system prescribes, this will be an overtrading since those extra trades would be violating the strategy rules. That is why it is important to find the balance and also to develop a strategy with the rules that would be comfortable for you to follow. If it is uncomfortable for the trader to act strictly in accordance with the rules, it could be a sign that this strategy doesn`t fit his personal preferences. For example, the most comfortable number of trades for me is 1-2 intraday trades plus 1-2 overnight (swing/mid-term) positions opened or closed. It all depends on personality of the trader. Someone would feel comfortable making dozens of trades per day like a scalper while other trader would spend a week to find the best mid-term setup and then would feel great holding that position for several months. That is why each trader has to make his own reasonable decision based both on his strategy and psychology.
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Really depends on the price movements and my strategy in accordance. but one thing i make sure is i am certain about by entry and exit points, if not i don’t trade.
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I would say one trade because in the later period I am opening a trade that last few weeks.
Price turns around but do not hit my SL and after days it reverses and closes with TP but that time can be days or weeks.
Last trade I had open it took 6 weeks to hit TP after being in negative.
On average 2-3 through a year.
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I take what the markets offer me. I never force a trade. Few things will blow your account more quickly than forcing trades.
I trade the D1, and open about half a dozen positions a month right now. Some weeks might offer me three signals, other weeks none at all. When I was trading the H1, I was opening 12-18 positions per month. There would still be some weeks where I would not be in the market at all.
Trade one strategy. Trade it well. Ignore everything else. Over time you can slowly add strategies to your toolbox.
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there is no specific answer to this question , because it completely depends on price movements and of course the strategy that i have using. sometimes whole week i dont trade.
On average how many do you take? Are there times when you don’t have any trades at all? Sometimes I really can’t find any good setups then I force some trades just so I have a trade for the week. 
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Usually i’ll place 5-6 entry orders a week and maybe 1-2 are triggered. There are many weeks were no entry orders are triggered and sometimes I dont even have any pending entries. I’ve learned to let the market come to me.
I used to force trades back in the day but the market has a way of correcting you. Lets just say i’ve learned my lesson 
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Maybe; 4 to 5! But when I do scalping then maybe more than 20!
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Depends what the markets are like.
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Have done only 1 or 2 before but some weeks have done 20+
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The total number of trades in week, it is really can not be measured by me. There is no average from my side, as it is never a same number.
About 6-7 but I record more losses than gains 
Sometimes I feel pressured to open a trade even if it doesn’t follow the rules of the system I’m doing.
What if a week passes without a trade, are you ok with that?
2-3 a year?! 
Hehe no problem. I got confused but thanks for clearing it up.
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I trade when I see good signal to open a trade. That may happen once a day or several times a day or not happen at all.