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I'm not setting a stop loss, I'm watching the chart, if it is wrong, I'll cut my losses manually. This is the sweetest lie a trader tells themselves. Mental Stop (psychological stoploss) refers to the concept of telling yourself you will cut your losses when the price reaches level A, but not placing an order on the exchange.

🔸 Why Does Mental Stop Always Fail?
The price drops 20% in a single 1 minute candle. You don't have time to react, or the exchange lags/freezes, preventing you from placing an order. By the time you can access the market, your account has already been split in half.When the price reaches the point where you should cut your losses, your brain releases cortisol and hope. It is gone down so low, it must be about to rebound, I'll wait for a rebound before cutting. Result is It does not rebound, and you become Hold to die.
🔸 Leave stoploss orders to the machine. Machines have no emotions, no regrets, no hope. They only follow discipline to help you. When you sleep, Hard Stop protects you. When you go to the bathroom, Hard Stop protects you.
👉 Unless you are an emotionless robot staring at a screen 24/7, always set a Hard Stop as soon as you enter a trade. Don't trust your own willpower in the face of market temptations.
Have you ever used a Mental Stop, intending to cut losses at price A, but when the price reached A you were frozen and could not press the sell button?
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Global markets are starting the week in chaos as a perfect storm of geopolitical threats and a stunning investigation into the Fed Chair triggers a massive flight to safety.

🔸 Panic buying has pushed $XAU past a record $4,600 and $XAG over $84, while US Stock Futures are sliding.
🔸 Trump is taking aggressive stances:
Iran weighing very tough options with a detailed briefing scheduled for tomorrow.Trump issuing an ultimatum to Cuba regarding oil deals. Meanwhile, the US is advancing a $2 billion deal for 50M barrels of Venezuelan oil, with funds strictly monitored by the US Treasury.
🔸 The DOJ has launched a criminal probe into Chair Jerome Powell regarding HQ renovations. Powell slams the move as a political act to force rate cuts, but fears over the Fed credibility are mounting.
With uncertainty hitting the highest levels of government and finance, is there any ceiling left for Gold prices this week?
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The secret formula to never blowing your account. You ask What percentage should I set my stoploss at? The correct answer is Stoploss can be placed anywhere, as long as the volume changes accordingly. This is a capital management principle that every Pro Trader knows by heart.

🔸 Never let the risk of a single trade exceed 2% of your total account.
🔸 Volume Calculation Formula:
Volume (Amount entered into a trade) = Amount to accept loss / Stoploss percentage distance.
🔸 Example you have capital $10,000. Acceptable loss of 2% = $200.
Trade A Low Risk with Stoploss 5% away from Entry.👉 Volume entered = $200 / 5% = $4,000.Trade B High Risk or Meme Coin with Stoploss 20% from Entry. 👉Volume to be traded = $200 / 20% = $1,000.
👉 The further the stoploss is, the smaller the order size. The closer the stoploss is, the larger the order size. Never trade with the same volume for every trade; that's the quickest way to lose everything.
The last time you blew your account or suffered heavy losses, was it because you used a volume that was too large compared to your stoploss distance?
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Stoploss Is Not Just For Cutting Losses; It is For Protecting Profits. Many people know how to cut losses, but few know how to use a Stoploss to ride a massive wave. You often take profit early at 10%, while the coin later does a 5x or 10x. A Trailing Stop is the solution.

🔸 Instead of a fixed Take Profit, move your Stoploss to chase the price.
Phase 1 when enter trade. Set a negative SL protect capital.Phase 2 price moves in your favor. Move SL to Breakeven, this is Entry. You now have a Risk Free trade.Phase 3 price creates a higher high. Move SL up to below the most recent Higher Low.Result is you will always be kicked out by the market eventually, but you will be kicked out while holding the biggest possible profit.
👉 Let profits run. Never let a big winning trade turn into a losing trade just because you were too lazy to move your Stoploss.
Which team are you on Taking profits is never wrong or Taking big profits ?
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Following a week of mixed signals from the US labor market, investors are bracing for a high volatility week. All eyes are on the December CPI report and a critical Supreme Court decision regarding tariffs, which could reshape the economic outlook for Q1 2026.

🔸 Labor Market Cooling :
The US added only 50,000 jobs in December vs 73,000 expected.The average monthly job creation in 2025 plummeted to 49,000, a sharp decline from 168,000 in 2024.While job growth is slowing efficiently, the Unemployment Rate dipped slightly to 4.4% better than the 4.5% forecast, giving the Fed mixed signals.
🔸 Consumer Sentiment & Inflation:
The sentiment index rose to 54.0, but remains down 25% year over year. High prices are still hurting consumers.1 year inflation expectations are sticky at 4.2%, complicating the Fed's path to rate cuts.
🔸 Key Events This Week:
Tuesday, Jan 13 (21:30) US CPI Data. This is the main event. If inflation remains hot while growth slows, Stagflation fears will rise.Wednesday, Jan 14:Trump Tariff Lawsuit. The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the constitutionality of the tariffs. A ruling against the tariffs could be bullish for BTC and crypto/risk assets but bearish for the Dollar.PPI Data (21:30) Wholesale inflation data.Thursday, Jan 15 Fed Beige Book (03:00) and Initial Jobless Claims.
👉 The economy is clearly slowing, but inflation expectations remain stubborn. The market will be extremely sensitive to any CPI surprise this week.
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The debate between Physical Gold and Digital Gold seems to be settling in the institutional market. New data reveals a staggering shift in investor appetite, with Bitcoin leaving the centuries-old safe haven in the dust over the last two years.

🔸 In just the past 2 years since the launch of Spot ETFs, the disparity in capital flows is undeniable:
Bitcoin ETFs attracted $57 Billion in net capital.Gold ETFs attracted only $8 Billion in the same period.
🔸 This represents a massive 600% outperformance by Bitcoin products.
While Gold has been the standard for wealth preservation for thousands of years, modern capital is voting with its wallet.The speed at which Wall Street absorbed Bitcoin supply suggests that institutions now view BTC as a legitimate, if not superior, store of value compared to the yellow metal.
🔸 We are witnessing a generational transfer of wealth. Money is moving from analog stores of value to digital ones. If Bitcoin can capture $57B in just two years, imagine where it will be in a decade.
Is this the final signal that $BTC has officially replaced $XAU as the premier hedge against inflation?
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