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Ifan Wei| Black Room Lessons<\/h2>\n

\u200b<\/strong>This video discusses the breakeven trail. There is a psychological comfort to trailing a trade to breakeven because of our natural loss aversion.<\/p>\n

 However, it is too often overused to sabotage potential winners. Watch the lesson, then join this week's Black Room Open House<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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