Why Pros Don’t Care About “Direction” — They Care About Location
Most retail traders ask one question before entering a trade:
“Is price going up or down?”
Professional traders ask a different question:
“Where am I entering?”
Direction can be right — and the trade can still fail.
But a good location can forgive small mistakes.
Pros wait for price to reach areas of interest:
Previous support or resistance
Liquidity zones
High-volume nodes
They don’t chase candles.
They let price come to them.
This is why two traders can trade the same chart:
One loses (entered emotionally, mid-range)
One wins (entered at location, with defined risk)
The market doesn’t reward prediction.
It rewards patience + positioning.
Takeaway:
If your trades fail often, stop asking where price is going.
Start asking where price makes sense to act.
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