{"id":574,"date":"2008-07-15T09:24:47","date_gmt":"2008-07-15T13:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/club.ino.com:80\/trading\/?p=574"},"modified":"2009-01-09T13:33:32","modified_gmt":"2009-01-09T17:33:32","slug":"dont-ever-do-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwtest.ino.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/dont-ever-do-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Don't ever do this ..."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <strong>Bad Trades<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> A bad trade is like a dead fish<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> The longer you keep it, the worse it stinks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/uploads\/Image\/money.jpg\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"119\" height=\"111\" align=\"left\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong> Good Trades<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">When a trade is making money, the market is telling them they are right and to let the position ride. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong> Don't ever do this ... <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Winners don't add to, or \"average\", losing positions. They dump the trade and go looking for a new opportunity. Successful investors may add to the winning trades. When ahead, they press their advantage while remembering that at any time the market can turn on them and prove them wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In trading keep your mind clear and do not get emotional about a trade. Remember you are not married to a stock rather you are in the dating game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/club.ino.com\/trading\/traders-whiteboard-series\/\"> Learn more about common sense trading.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/club.ino.com:80\/trading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/adamnew.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-429\" title=\"Adam Hewison \" src=\"\/\/club.ino.com:80\/trading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/adamnew.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"76\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adam Hewison<\/p>\n<p>Co-founder of MarketClub<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad Trades A bad trade is like a dead fish: The longer you keep it, the worse it stinks. 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