Julia's coding blog - Practice makes perfect
From January 2015, she started to practice leetcode questions; she trains herself to stay focus, develops "muscle" memory when she practices those questions one by one. 2015年初, Julia开始参与做Leetcode, 开通自己第一个博客. 刷Leet code的题目, 她看了很多的代码, 每个人那学一点, 也开通Github, 发表自己的代码, 尝试写自己的一些体会. She learns from her favorite sports – tennis, 10,000 serves practice builds up good memory for a great serve. Just keep going. Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.
Friday, May 15, 2026
NOW stock | 1 hour chart | May 13 2026 | TB pattern
Trading loss analysis | Trading lessons | How to Ensure Small, Consistent Losses in stock trading
Ensuring small, consistent losses—often termed "cutting losses"—requires strict discipline, automated risk management tools, and pre-defined exit strategies. The key is to treat losses as a cost of doing business rather than a personal failure.
- Utilize Hard Stop-Loss Orders: Place stop-loss orders immediately upon entering a trade to automate exits and eliminate emotional decision-making. A stop-loss ensures that if a stock moves against you, it is sold at a predetermined price.
- Implement the 1% Rule: Never risk more than 1% to 2% of your total account capital on a single trade. For example, if you have a $10,000 account, your maximum loss on any single trade should be $100–$200.
- Use Technical Stop-Losses: Place stop-losses based on chart technicals, such as just below key support levels or swing lows. This allows the trade "room to breathe" while still protecting against a major reversal.
- Adopt the 3-5-7 Rule: A structured risk approach: limit losses to 3% per trade, 5% per position, and 7% across the total portfolio.
- Use Volatility-Based Stops (ATR): Use the Average True Range (ATR) indicator to set stop-losses, typically 1.5 to 2 times the ATR, allowing for normal stock fluctuation without hitting your stop.
- Never Move Your Stop Lower: When a stock moves down, do not adjust your stop-loss order lower in hopes of a turnaround. This turns small, managed losses into large, portfolio-damaging ones.
- Define Exit Before Entry: Know exactly where you will exit for a loss before you enter the trade.
- Use Trailing Stops: Use trailing stops to automatically lock in profits as a stock rises, while still providing protection against a reversal.
- Set Daily Loss Limits: Establish a maximum amount you are willing to lose in a day, and stop trading once that limit is hit.
- Reduce Position Size: If you find yourself consistently violating your stop-loss rules because the emotional pain of the loss is too great, your position sizes are too large.
Order checklist | Strategy checklist indicator
Checklist:
- Put down the stop loss order on bracket order - must do it
- Do not set wide stop loss order, only allow 4 to 5%
- If it is leveraged trade, then make sure that next trade position size will be cut at least half
- Set daily maximum loss is $200 US dollars
- Set one trade maximum loss is $200 US dollars
- Do not get afraid to myself. Psychology is too hard to play. Plan small order if needed.
- Wait best case to start a long trade.
RBLX trade | Stop loss too wide | My loss and lessons | A big loss trade again
RBLX trade -
$7000 Canadian dollars - Stop loss, cut loss on $1200 US dollars,
Stop loss 40.04, purchase price 42.97, leveraged trade, the loss is set too big up to 30%
This is too dangerous. That is the reason I was in panic mode, and I saw DCC candlestick pattern on 5 min chart, but I did not stop loss manually and then waited and hoped next day, and then cut down loss $1250 US dollars.
- Use Stop-Loss Orders: Know your exit point before you enter.
- Risk Percentage: Never risk more than 1% to 2% of your total account on a single trade.
- Position Sizing: If you have a wide stop-loss, you must have a small position size.
- Put down the stop loss order on bracket order - must do it
- Do not set wide stop loss order, only allow 4 to 5%
- If it is leveraged trade, then make sure that next trade position size will be cut at least half
- Set daily maximum loss is $200 US dollars
- Set one trade maximum loss is $200 US dollars
- Do not get afraid to myself. Psychology is too hard to play. Plan small order if needed.
- Wait best case to start a long trade.
温哥华白领股票亏钱了怎么办
在温哥华作为职场白领(White Collar)如果股票投资亏钱了,由于高昂的生活成本,压力通常较大。以下是基于加拿大税务和投资环境的应对建议:
- 停止情绪化交易: 亏损时最忌讳频繁操作试图立刻“回本”。避免“赌徒心理”,冷静下来分析亏损原因(是跟风、盲目追高还是基本面突变)。
- 审视投资组合: 区分长期投资和短期投机。如果是绩优股,考虑分批补仓(如果资金允许)以降低持仓成本;如果是垃圾股,果断止损。
- 调整风险承受力: 如果是保守型投资者,应减少个股配置,增加分红型ETF或债券基金的比例。
- 专注高品质标的: 避免炒作热门股,关注具有实际现金流、业务稳定的成熟公司。
trading if your loss cannot be consistency and loss in the small amount, you will lose money in the long run
In trading, it is not about how much you win, but rather how much you do not lose. Managing risk is the only thing you can control. Here is why failing to keep losses small kills your trading account:
- -10% Loss: Needs an +11% gain to break even.
- -25% Loss: Needs a +33% gain to break even.
- -50% Loss: Needs a +100% gain to break even.
- Holding and hoping: Turning a trade into an investment.
- Revenge trading: Trying to make it all back in one high-risk move.
- Good Trader: 5 wins ($100 each), 5 losses ($50 each) = +$250
- Bad Trader: 7 wins ($50 each), 3 losses ($200 each) = -$250
- Use Stop-Loss Orders: Know your exit point before you enter.
- Risk Percentage: Never risk more than 1% to 2% of your total account on a single trade.
- Position Sizing: If you have a wide stop-loss, you must have a small position size.


