The Trader Who Was Right About the Market but Still Lost Money
Have you ever been right about something and still ended up losing? Sounds strange, right? But in trading, this happens more often than you might think. You look at a chart. You study the trend. You check the levels. You spend time trying to understand what the market is telling you. Then you make a prediction. “This stock is going to fall.” And it does. But somehow, you still lose money. At first, it doesn't really make sense. If you were right about the direction, shouldn't you have made money? Not always. And honestly, this is one of those things about trading that you usually don't understand until you experience it yourself. The market doesn't reward you just for being right. It also matters when you entered, how much money you put into the trade and what you did when the market didn't immediately move in your favour. Let's Say You Saw the Fall Coming Imagine a trader named Arjun. He's been watching a stock for a few days. The price has gone up quite a ...