Dragging Strategy

Pair struggling accounts with healthy ones to recover from drawdowns systematically.

What is Dragging?

Dragging is the strategy of pairing accounts that are in drawdown with accounts that are performing well. The idea is simple: when you take a high-confidence trade, the winning accounts "drag" the struggling ones back toward profitability.

The Psychology Behind It

When an account is down, there's pressure to recover it quickly. This often leads to overtrading or taking lower-quality setups. Dragging solves this by:

• Removing desperation - You're not trading to save one account; you're trading your normal strategy
• Building confidence - Winners in healthy accounts give you conviction to hold through drawdown recovery
• Maintaining discipline - You only trade your best setups, not forced recovery trades

How to Implement Dragging

1. Identify struggling accounts - These are accounts in drawdown or approaching daily limits
2. Identify healthy accounts - Accounts with room to trade and recent positive performance
3. Create a paired selection - Select both the struggling and healthy accounts together
4. Wait for A+ setups - Only trade when you have high-conviction entries
5. Execute on the pair - Both accounts take the same trade

Pairing Accounts in TradingPlace

Use the account selection interface to manually pair accounts:

• Check one or more accounts that need recovery
• Check an equal or greater number of healthy accounts
• Only trade this selection on your best setups
• As struggling accounts recover, rotate them back to normal rotation

Practical Example

Account A is down $400 today (approaching daily limit). Accounts B and C are up $200 each. You see a clean breakout setup with clear structure:

• Select accounts A, B, and C
• Take the breakout trade on all three
• If it wins $150 each: A recovers to -$250, B and C extend to +$350
• If it loses $100 each: A is stopped for the day, B and C are still positive

Either way, you traded with discipline. The healthy accounts provide a buffer that lets you help the struggling account without forcing bad trades.

When NOT to Drag

• When the struggling account is close to a hard limit (let it sit)
• When you don't have a high-conviction setup (wait)
• When all your accounts are struggling (stop trading, reassess)

Key Takeaways

• Pair drawdown accounts with healthy ones on your best trades
• Let winners carry losers back to profitability
• Never force trades just to recover an account
• Maintain the same trading standards regardless of account status