{"id":36652,"date":"2014-03-07T18:24:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T23:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=36652"},"modified":"2014-03-07T18:24:26","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T23:24:26","slug":"losses-are-part-of-the-game-how-to-minimize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/losses-are-part-of-the-game-how-to-minimize","title":{"rendered":"Losses are Part of the Game: How to Minimize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/4pA94bkvkvU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/4pA94bkvkvU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Trading losses are part of the game, the trick is minimizing them and managing risk.  Marc Principato, CMT, walks through a swing trade loss and how he managed the risk exiting the trade.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/utraderyt\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/utraderyt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Help me write my book: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unconventionaltrader.com\/\">http:\/\/www.unconventionaltrader.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Training Info: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bit.ly\/smbhome\">http:\/\/www.bit.ly\/smbhome<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My analysis on <a href=\"http:\/\/tradingview.com\/\">TradingView.com<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/tviewprfle\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/tviewprfle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/marcpmarkets\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/marcpmarkets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Webinar and Trade Review Archive: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/archpge\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/archpge<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\nMarc Principato, CMT,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stocktwits.com\/SMBForex_Marc\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com\/follow_me-c.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/risk-disclaimer\">Risk Disclaimer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*No Relevant Positions<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/banner.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-36472\" alt=\"banner\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/banner.png\" width=\"512\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/banner.png 512w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/banner-300x50.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trading losses are part of the game, the trick is minimizing them and managing risk. 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