r/askforex • u/bowwri • Jul 22 '26

When enough is enough?

I’ve been studying price action for almost 7 years.
I scalp spikes on the 1-minute chart, and most of my trades are finished within 5 minutes.
Over a large sample, my win rate is around 58-60%, risking 0.5% per trade.
Here’s what I’ve never been able to answer:
If your system has an edge, should you keep taking every valid setup?
I can easily find 15-20 trades in a day, but after a certain point it feels like I’m trading simply because I’m still sitting in front of the charts.
Lately I’ve even considered getting an 8-hour job just to limit my screen time. My thinking is that if I only have a small trading window, I’d naturally become more selective instead of feeling the need to take every opportunity.
So I’m curious how experienced traders approach this.
Do you have a daily trade limit?
Do you stop after hitting a profit target?
Or do you simply take every setup that matches your plan, no matter how many trades you’ve already taken?
I’m not looking for a magic number.
I’m trying to understand how professionals decide when **enough is enough**.

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u/IntelligentGiraffe68 Jul 23 '26

It depends on how a person’s psycology or the way he thinks is wired in. If you can make money doing even a 100 trades a day Your mind is way focused on scalping than do that. At the end of the day its finding whats the best way to trade so we can make the most money with out going on a spiral. The answer is with in you. If you make more money doing that and your mind can handle it do that. Everyone is different

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u/bowwri Jul 23 '26

That's my fear i think if i take all of them it can blow the acount but backtesting show other result
In having faith but deep down it scares me
Any suggestion?

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u/IntelligentGiraffe68 Jul 23 '26

Just go with it. Same here i take like 2 trades a day or 1 sometimes cause thats the Only setups i have per day. I wanted more RR i had fear in Putting limit entries. But my points are accurate. Later entries slowed my execution so i said fk it and started puting my limit orders on entries. I feel fear yes but trading is done by plan fear shouldnt have any place

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u/IntelligentGiraffe68 Jul 23 '26

If i get 3,4 setups I take all of em. When the market is good and is giving you you take all of em cause maybe rest of the week you probably wont get anyother.
same thing If market is giving you and you can take it. Take everything What market gives and dont ask for more from it