I am simply curious how many trades most traders get into a day? a week? Is it something you just do in the morning? I know someone that trades three times a day; morning, afternoon and midnight and it seems like too much. I welcome any and all input! Thank you
I had one trade open all last week. Long on the EUR/USD, I let it run. I only make a trade when I get a signal, could be once a week or once a day.
I’ve modified my strategy a build to filter out some lower-probability trades. I’m taking about 4-5 trades a week (mostly losers, though).
Barb, mostly losers? I thought you found a pattern that didn’t loose? Anyway, for me I’m looking at multiple pairs and end up with maybe 3 to 4 trades a day except on NFP week and days when I’m too busy to keep track of trades.
Hah, no. I lose a lot still, but probability is still on my side. The problem is that the paradigm I’m looking for shows up much more clearly on the hourly timeframe but I’m strictly trading the 5M to get a tighter entry. It leads to a lot of volatility losses.
Two trades a day.
EURUSD at 6pm (EST)
GBPUSD at 7pm (EST)
Breakout strategy, I setup a buy & sell for both pairs, set 50 pip Target/25 pip STOP, when one entry triggers the other cancels.
Current win % EURUSD approx 55%
Current win % GBPUSD approx 52%
Takes 5 minutes a day, no indicators, pick a buy entry point & a sell entry point and just try to keep positive expectancy and probabilities in my favour.
I make 1 trade a day, because I’m a newbie so I can’t manage to controll or audit all trade at the same time, Who have experience in this please tell me how to do that. Thanks
So tighter entries and therefore tighter stoploss? I like to keep a wide stop to account for the ups and downs, that means using a smaller lot size. Still over a few days it can amount to 1 or 2 percent account growth. I’m trading off a daily chart mostly. but I like to zoom out on the 15M to see the patterns. I still have losses also though. 
I trade mostly off 1 hour and 4 hour charts and have 10-12 trades per week on average. I’ll usually find something to get into GMT mornings and then maybe another in the afternoon. Tend to avoid initiating anything in the evening as it gets pretty slow and I prefer not to carry overnight unless I’m already in a trade that’s going well and I can just set my stoploss to breakeven or better and rest easy that night.
This depends on the strategy that’s being used.
In case you follow trends you’re most likely to make less trades than someone who scalps.
I do about 10 trades a day, but by no means long term. If I can snatch 5 pips here and 10 pips there, all’s good. The GBP/USD was an excellent ride yesterday giving me 10 pips on my long and 15 pips on a short 10 minutes later. Bollinger and Stochastic were both loud and clear.:)
I trade in the evenings, getting about 5 to 10 trades a day.
Yes, I don’t think there exists a definitive answer and if you make 100 trades a day and it’s working for you then great.
The key I think is in good evaluation of your trading to see if ‘overtrading’ is creeping in the back door unnoticed. Overtrading can have a very negative effect on your bottom line as these trades tend to be losers.
Trade analysis is an important aspect of keeping consistent and on target, keep notes and use them to judge how your trading is evolving.
1-2 trades every 2 days, using 15 min chart.
Once in, trades can remain open for an hour to several hours.
Cord