Dear ranukji Some clarification about SL,I always thinks like u and realize all system shows better result without SL in backtesting,In real time also I tried this in cash with small amount. Most of the time stocks recover after hitting SL.I do this in trail basis ,cant afford to adopt as few losing trades hits me badly .
Now about mental SL.What is your reflex if a stock touch your mental stop.Do you square off position immediately, or wait for pull back ,(if u see some strength technically )
Another thing how do you manage your mental stop ,if you trade in 4 scripts and unfortunately if mental sl hits all simultaneously.
GreenCandle,
If I am in a trade, where I have intraday stop loss, then when my stop loss is hit, and if it is hit by a wave of selling which happened due to no apparent reason, then I wait for retracement to sell. Else, I exit it immediately.
If I am having an EOD stop loss and on intra day, stop loss gets triggered, then I adopt the KBN (Kill by Neglect) principle. Here I kill my desire to square off by neglecting my desires. I stick to EOD rule. This comes with practice, but it can be achieved.
Regarding mental aspect of Stop losses. Even if I am into 4-6 trades, and each of them violates SL on intra day basis, I stick to my rules. Under no circumstances do I violate it. I strongly believe that if I go broke, I want to do so from my opinion and hence this motivates me to challenge my inner desire.
Tc