Has anyone ever forgotten about a trade they had open?

[sunar14]

Forgetting an open trade is one of those things that sounds funny until volatility suddenly picks up lol. At minimum I’d want the stop and target already placed, because an unattended position with no defined exit can turn into a completely different trade than the one you originally planned

 

[sakaida1125]

i feel that hard, sat down to watch a quick chart and got sidetracked by life and nearly had a heart attack when i looked back. with the way gold moves without a sl you're just asking to get torched, treat it as an expensive lesson and always slap the safety on first next time.

 

[sunar14]

Forgetting the trade is bad enough, but forgetting it with no SL is where it gets dangerous fast. Especially on gold, one volatility spike can turn a decent setup into something you never planned to hold. Having the exit and invalidation set when entering saves a lot of headaches in my trading with hfm