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Many day traders fail for one motivation, and one reason only, their trade management is not appropriately planned out to ensure them any long term success. Trade management is how a trader determines precisely how much trading capital he/she is going to risk on a single trade. Trade management to many, is considered more important than the profits they make, because strict risk management can be the determining factor between becoming a successful trader or not. Having the correct trade management is essential to all traders because it provides traders with: Long term profits (cut losses, maximize profits) Protection of capital Preservation of trading confidence Removing of emotions Risk management can very well be different for every trader, because each trader has their own level of risk they wish to accept on each and every trade they place. How a trade is managed also depends on how many contracts a trader is trading with, for example, a one contract trader should look to take profit at just one target, where as a person trading two or three contracts can afford to scale out of their trade by having multiple profit targets.