Ok, now the benefit to me for being in Traderji is............
1. Now I have an increased confidence level with the abcd...... of TA.
2. the percentage of income from my trades are increased.
3. I can some how select some good scripts now for investment and trade.
My query is to you are..........
1. Do you think my way of hedging only investments.......Do trade with SL. are a completely fool proof way here?
2. Apart from hedging of 5% an additional SL is required for investments?
3. With the SL, Is it required an additional hedging for my trades?
4. Shall I completely avoid SL and go for hedging in trading also?
Gangadharan,
I am probably the worst person in this forum to seek an advice on this issue. The reason is,
a) I have no understanding of practical options trading
b) I don't believe in protecting my losses through hedging. IN some cases, when I am very uncertain, I do take opposite side swing trades. But I almost never get into direct hedging.
I had mentioned somewhere in this thread that for me SL is everything. I am a very aggressive trader and hence I don't care if I lose money. Most of the trades I do are well calculated and hence before hand I am aware of what might come tomorrow. Moreover, the whole idea of spending some to save much more is something that does not go well with my mental setup.
A lot written above has got to do with what my daily routine is. When I trade, almost whole day I am watching the markets/replying in forum or taking training sessions while I view the markets. Hence, with so much already in my hand, the least I want is to see how my hedges etc are doing in comparison to what my original positions are doing. I don't believe in any of my guys in the office to watch my trades and hence I do it for myself.
Gangadharan, markets are what you want it to be. Markets will give you what you want from it. Hence, what methods you practice are suited to what you want from the markets. From the look of it, through your excel sheet, I could see that you are doing well. Hence, I will ask you to continue doing what you are doing. Do not alter what you do based on what I or some other user suggests. Markets don't know me and hence what I suggest may mess with your mental make up.
Now, after writing this, I dare say that I am the best person here to give you advise on this. The reason I say so is because,
a) I am asking you to explore what your mental setup has directed you to ..
and
b) I am asking you to follow only your method as there is no right or wrong method of doing anything. There is only one method, and that is the method which "works". Hence, if your method is working and generating returns, just follow it. One thing I'd say is that since this method deals with options, just ask Dan (Danpickup) to comment on the same for some refinements.
Tc