The moment I became able to make a profit with FX = the day I stopped chasing the market

I have now become able to increase capital through FX

There are days with profits and days with losses, but overall I always make a profit

The reason for that is

Because I stopped chasing the market

I stopped trying to chase profits from the market

It sounds like a contradiction, but due to the nature of the money game, this kind of thinking brings the most profit

Profit came because I lost my greed

If you lose greed, you stop caring about profits or losses

And you are led to just the result, so you end up winning

Then

What does it mean to not chase the market? The know-how that pursues that is the content

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The trades I used to do in the past

A method that takes from both trends and ranges

Long bias toward trending markets

Ninpin (averaging down) in contrarian trades

and so on — both winning and losing trading logics I have practiced

But during that period, regardless of length, the total profit did not last

At some point the gears would slip

If you were trading with high risk, your results would clearly reflect it, but

Since I was trading with reduced risk

I didn’t see a clearly right-shoulder-down trend, so my realization was delayed

After realizing, years had passed and I regretted that my previous trading history had gone to waste

The more proactive you become, the more you lose in the market

An aggressive approach destroys you in FX

It also carries more risk

This isn’t simply about not taking on risk or taking on less risk

In other words, it’s a matter of how many losses vs how many profits

Even if you have a big profit once,

if you have six losses before that

the result will be a nonproductive or losing outcome

To be aggressive means

In the market, you have zero market feel, so unless you move in the direction of the market you will incur losses

Aggressive trading tends to be losses because it’s trades made without a solid basis

At this point, even if you gain profits, the tendency toward losses makes the outcome Negative by force

Therefore

You should engage in trades with a clear basis and a solid trading logic

Only then will trades that produce results be refined

An aggressive mindset does not exist in the market

An aggressive mindset lies in presenting the basis for market direction

Consider the reasons the market moves when entering a position

This applies to both trend-following and counter-trend approaches

Both have pros and cons, so

Please use the logic you want

There are various trend-following and counter-trend logics

Here I’ll consider them as a Trend or Range logic

In the trend logic

Where do the moving reasons lie?

In volatile periods

See whether multiple timeframes show a trend

Ensure the timeframe you trade on is actually trending

and so on

I think deeply about the trend

But I don’t look for the trend itself directly

I always focus on the parts that form the mechanism of the trend

The direct trigger factors have a mechanism behind them

By confirming that mechanism, you can find the basis for movement

The same general idea applies to range trading

If you understand the mechanism behind market moves

you look for the moving basis on that mechanism and trade with conviction

Trade frequency should be modest

Being too aggressive won’t yield profits

In aggressive trading, profits tend to be highly influenced by luck

Always find and capture the basis

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In trading, it’s better to simplify things rather than constantly thinking up ideas or logics

Keep stops and single-shot trades simple to prevent old losing habits

This is a method that has prevented past losses

It can be read as the adage in investing: “Never lose for a year”

Lossless trading comes from familiarity

In other words

If you cannot win, you have become used to unwinning trades

Emotional causes and other factors exist, but the big obstacle is still habit

To eliminate that habit, use a logic that is not emotional and keeps you balanced to avoid losses

Do not engage in averaging down or double-nothing trades

If you trade following greed, it becomes a severe weakness when you’re prone to losses

You will end up losing quickly

As a condition for not losing,

Use a balanced approach like stops and single-shot trades so your results don’t skew

(Fixed loss with limited loss and unlimited reward, and single-shot with unlimited loss and unlimited reward) Ultimately aiming for profitability

However, don’t trade with the mindset of trying to make money

Fixing losses or repeatedly incurring losses makes your mindset fragile

Anyone can experience losses, but

you tend to think in terms of gains or losses after several losses

At that time, you need the resolve to lock in profits when the market is weak

With that resolve, ± results come naturally

Be decisive in taking profits and managing gains and losses—this is what you should do

Markets that break off in the middle tend to suppress profits (profit- stretching markets)

Compared to stops, trading in single-shot or even adapting can reduce unnecessary losses

Take profits while the price is rising with a stop

Usually, use a single-shot trade

In that manner

In my sense, I should only trade in places where the price is rising

But if you think about it with head and tail theory

Head to torso

Torso to tail

You will trade in either the head-to-torso or the torso-to-tail way

Joining in the middle means

If you sense you have deviated from a trend-following idea in past markets,

you can anticipate a trend becoming larger by judging past markets

It’s easier to detect larger trends from the torso to the tail

Trading from the head to the torso has a high probability of a breakout trigger

Only trade from the head to the torso when the market has the factors to breakout

If you try to target the head to the tail, it becomes a swing trade in four-hour or daily charts

Entry also becomes less frequent, so only those who can tolerate long-term patience should do it

Also

It’s important not to involve yourself in the market every time

Because indicators often move greatly on announcements; paying attention to announcements helps, but

If you are always in the market, there are many perplexing market situations

Always engaging in the market is like a long-term trading swing—use it effectively

What is the framework to earn in the market

Efficiency

A method you can continue to use

Reproducibility

It must be a concept that can be eternally applied as a routine task in trading

Because you’ll always be in the market, you also need a logic that can continually increase capital in the market

A logic is not about parameter problems

Market action is the logic — aiming for breakout markets (head-to-torso theory), major trend markets (torso-to-tail theory), etc.

Repeating the same trades is the key to success

You might think, “Is that all there is?” but, yes, really, that’s all

There is only one or two logics; even if there are many, they’re not effectively usable

You’ll use one or two; that’s it

Unless you use an EA, manual trading should be efficient with two or fewer logics

To avoid confusing market sense and market recognition, keep to one or two logics

Three or more logics cannot be harmonized (as with opposite logics like trend-following and contrarian)

Both market and logic would inevitably collapse

Reproducibility and efficiency are essential—being able to maintain routine work and easy capital growth

Breakouts and major trend markets are the orthodox approach, and they target the breakdown of the uniformity of buying and selling, making them easy to trade