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stock777
 

Registered: Jul 2001
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01-11-12 09:38 PM


Quote from Petsamo:

What on earth does liquid mean?

I've dealt with all sorts of ETFs & stocks. They all seem to buy & sell just fine.

The only requirement I have is that their market cap needs to be one half million dollars or higher. That keeps the difference between the bid ask prices very small, like 1 penny apart.



1/2 million?? you must be kidding.;-)

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Davidee2
 

Registered: Mar 2011
Posts: 24

 

06-25-12 07:54 PM


Quote from stasbz:

my greetings.
experienced traders: could you give me advice what stocks best for scalping? (under scalping i mean - take some ticks, keep position from 2c to some miniutes depends of market)
we can divide stocks in four categories: volume, volatility, price, plain chart.
i think that best stocks for scalping - price $10-25, 50-75c range.
What about volume? it is better to trade high volume stocks or 1-3m?
what more difficult? it is better to start from low volume stocks?




Scalping is only possible with the most liquid of assets. Look for liquidity. Also understand more about brokers that allow scalping. Market Makers do not like scalpers. Market Makers are sort of like scalpers themselves and don't like it when someone does it to them.

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