I’ve been gap trading for over a decade. One thing I learned a long time ago was it’s human nature to obsess over getting into trades, but the real opportunity for improvement is what you do after you’re in the trade. Once you wrap your head around the basics — sound position sizing, use stops properly, etc — you should come to realize that where you make and lose money is how you handle your big winning trades.

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