Introduction
The Decision That Defines Your Trade
Most traders obsess over the entry.
Smart Money obsesses over the exit.
The exit decides your risk,
your reward,
your consistency,
and your equity curve.
📍 The exit is not the end of the trade,
it’s the fulfillment of the plan.
What Is an Exit?
The Definition:
📊 An Exit is how and when you close your trade
based on structure, liquidity, or risk rules.
It includes:
- Taking profit at liquidity targets
- Closing at predetermined levels
- Cutting losses when the setup fails
- Managing partials during delivery
💬 In simple terms:
An Exit = closing the trade with intention, not emotion.
📍 A good exit protects your edge.
Why Exits Matter
Your exit affects:
- Win rate
- Risk-to-reward
- Equity curve smoothness
- Challenge survival
- Emotional control
- Consistency over time
Bad exits lead to:
- Break-even frustration
- Missed profits
- Emotional overreactions
- Revenge trades
- Drawdown spirals
💡 The exit determines the quality of the trade, not the entry.
How Traders Exit Properly
1️⃣ Set exit levels before entering the trade
2️⃣ Use liquidity pools as take-profit points
3️⃣ Close immediately if structure reverses
4️⃣ Avoid moving stops without logic
5️⃣ Journal every exit to track patterns
📍 Exits should be decisions, not reactions.
Example
Structure Exit vs Emotional Exit
Price sweeps a high.
A bearish displacement forms.
You enter short.
Target = the liquidity resting below.
If you exit early out of fear,
you cut a winning trade prematurely.
If you exit at the liquidity pool,
you secure the full delivery of the setup.
💬 Emotional exits shrink your edge,
structured exits strengthen it.
The Do Nots
Common Mistakes Traders Make
❌ Exiting too early
❌ Exiting too late
❌ Moving stops emotionally
❌ Chasing extended targets
❌ Ignoring liquidity levels
💬 Most bad exits happen
because of emotion, not structure.
Final Thoughts
Your exit defines the outcome.
It shows your discipline,
your understanding of structure,
and your emotional control.
Smart Money doesn’t guess their exits,
they plan them, track them,
and refine them over time.
Master the exit,
and you master the trade.