“For some reason I can’t win…” The cause might be “over-entering.”

“For some reason I can’t win…” The cause may be “too many entries”

When you’re trading forex,

you feel like you want to enter as you watch the market

There are moments like that, aren’t there.

Especially recently, the USD/JPY market often moves up and down in small steps, making it easy to feel “I can grab something now.”

However, that “random entry” may actually be the reason your profits and losses are being disturbed.

In recent forex markets, there are more situations where prices swing up and down in a short span rather than clear one-way trends.

A little rise, then a sharp drop.

If it goes down, it quickly comes back up.

“I was right about the direction, but I still lost.”

Many people may have had experiences like that.

The current market environment is somewhat different from the past, where simply buying on dips made it easy to win.

Behind this are

・Expectations of rate cuts by the Fed

・Speculation on additional rate hikes by the Bank of Japan

・Caution toward currency intervention

・Geopolitical risks such as Middle East tensions

Among many mixed factors.

As a result, market participants’ judgments tend to become scattered, and the entire market is in a state of “moving while hesitating.”

In other words, the current market is

“If your prediction is correct, you win”

more than

“A market where only those who reduce unnecessary trades survive”

becoming so.

Particularly in short-term trading, the more trades you make, the more you tend to lose your calm.

One loss.

You want to recover it.

Enter again.

And lose again.

Before you realize it, trades you didn’t need to make have increased.

This is a common pattern many traders experience.

However, professional traders value the “time spent doing nothing.”

Just because you monitor the market continuously doesn’t mean you’re always entering.

Rather,

you should strictly adhere to the idea of

“wait until a setup that tends to win appears.”

The current USD/JPY market is especially a test of that “patience.”

In the London and early New York sessions, large moves can occur, but then the market often loses its direction.

Therefore,

・Trade only during your preferred time window

・When price action is choppy, observe

・If you’re on a losing streak, step away

actions to protect yourself have become more important than ever.

In forex, there is a tendency to focus only on “how much you win.”

But what’s truly important may be

“how to minimize losses”

The market is there every day.

So there is no need to rush and force a grab.

Especially in difficult market conditions like now, it’s better to “fight only when you have a good chance.”

Wouldn’t that simple approach become the key to surviving longer in the market?

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