Thread: What do you do when your analysis is correct but you still lose?

I open this thread because something happened to me that has me re hot. I did a perfect analysis in GBPUSD, marking key resistance, rejection confirmed with reverse candle, confluence of Fibo and RSI in overpurchase. Everything indicated short. What happened? I jumped my SL for a ridiculous wick and then the price collapsed 80 pips in my favor. What do you do in that case? Do you review your technique, your SL, or just accept it as �part of the game�? I�m tired of being right and losing silver the same.

I understand you, it always happens to me. I started to leave more space to the SL and put less lotage so that I don�t burn every time the price shakes me. It�s not just about being right, but about surviving enough for that reason to be paid.

What else do you have left? If you don�t laugh, you get depressed. This isn�t chess, it�s a circus with drugged elephants.

Honestly, if your SL jumps through a fuse, the problem is your SL. Not the market. You have to stop putting such technical stops and think more about the structure. The price test zones, not imaginary lines.

Dude, that's real trading. The market owes you nothing, and the price doesn't move to validate your analysis. What you have left is to manage the risk well and bank it. If it bothers you so much, maybe you're overbooking.

Sometimes I do what is called �re-entry with logic�: if my analysis is still valid after the SL, I go back in. It doesn�t always work, but when it does, it makes up. It�s not for beginners, because it can be expensive if you lie to yourself.

Post that this thread represents me. Today it happened to me exactly with EURUSD. Clean analysis, false break, entrance with double confirmation. SL above the candle... and what did it do? Mechazo, SL flown, and then went to TP as if nothing.

I don�t want to be an edge, but if that happens often, maybe your analysis isn�t as �perfect� as you think. Having the right direction doesn�t mean you chose the time or the structure of the trade well. Think about it.

What bothers me most about that is seeing people who come in late, without analysis, just by intuition... and win. You kill yourself hours studying and you get a fuse. There are days when you want to erase from the map.

One technique I use is the concept of �validation zone�: I don�t go in until the price doesn�t confirm the area twice. It helps me filter impulsive operations. Since I applied it, my LS went down a lot.