
16. Trade Management: Break-Even, Partials and Trailing Stops
Trade management explained: when break-even stops cost you money, partial exits, four kinds of trailing stop, the order-flow exit, and diagnosing yourself with MFE and MAE.
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Trade management explained: when break-even stops cost you money, partial exits, four kinds of trailing stop, the order-flow exit, and diagnosing yourself with MFE and MAE.

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