{"id":42909,"date":"2015-12-30T10:50:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T15:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=42909"},"modified":"2015-12-30T10:50:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T15:50:53","slug":"questions-to-ask-yourself-after-a-trading-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/questions-to-ask-yourself-after-a-trading-loss","title":{"rendered":"Questions to ask yourself after a trading loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"1536\" data-orig-width=\"1536\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-orig-height=\"1536\" data-orig-width=\"1536\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/41.media.tumblr.com\/d2063198b16b9653c79d234c1ee67cf4\/tumblr_inline_o06ic9Jec31slheli_540.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Yesterday I was trading a stock with a negative news catalyst that was below an important longer term technical support level and intraday VWAP, got short, and took a loss.&nbsp; I would make the trade again.<\/p>\n<p>After taking a loss consider whether you would take the trade again.&nbsp; Here are the questions I asked myself:<\/p>\n<p>1) Did I have an edge with this trade?<\/p>\n<p>2) Was the trade in my PlayBook?<\/p>\n<p>3) Was my stop too tight?<\/p>\n<p>4) Was my stop too loose?<\/p>\n<p>6) Should I have lightened up in the position since it was not working right away?<\/p>\n<p>6) Was I too big in the trade?<\/p>\n<p>7) Should I have been bigger?<\/p>\n<p>8) Why didn\u2019t this trade work?<\/p>\n<p>9) Was there something from the tape that foreshadowed this trade would not work?<\/p>\n<p>10) Should I have re-entered after getting stopped out?<\/p>\n<p>11) Would I make this trade again?<\/p>\n<p>*no relevant positions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smbu.com\/premium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42776 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/joinpremium.gif\" alt=\"joinpremium\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'Banners', 'clicked', 'SMBU Premium GIF');\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I was trading a stock with a negative news catalyst that was below an important longer term technical support level and intraday VWAP, got short, and took a loss.&nbsp; I would make the trade again. 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