In theory this makes sense, but in the real world as you likely already know, there are still a great number of trades that almost hit your profit target or where a trade has moved quickly in the right direction and your staring at a giant profit… and then the next day or week, the market goes the other way and your once giant profit has become a much smaller profit or even a loss. In today’s article, I am going to go over protecting open profits, and how to know when to take the money and run and trust your gut, and several other tips that will help you start booking profits and building your trading account as a result.