Recent Content by comagnum

  1. Interactive Brokers stop order not executed !

    Check to make sure you have overfill protection disabled. Overfill Protection: Dictates that only one order in the group will be routed to an...
    Post by: comagnum, Nov 13, 2018 at 3:16 AM in forum: Trading Software

  2. Billionaire Ray Dalio Says “Capitalism Is Not Working” for Most People

    Income inequity has a strong correlation to the stock market. In 1928 it had rocketed up to about the same level we are at now. The richer you...
    Post by: comagnum, Nov 10, 2018 at 3:53 PM in forum: Wall St. News

  3. Soros

    We all get that the hard right hates Soros. I sure wanted to learn all I could as to how he trades, after all he is probably the best global...
    Post by: comagnum, Nov 6, 2018 in forum: Economics

  4. Why Trading is so Hard

    I am talking about selecting trades with high reward-to-risk setups, that in no way implies they will have a high win rate. No trader is going to...
    Post by: comagnum, Nov 6, 2018 in forum: Psychology

  5. Why Trading is so Hard

    Win rates are way over rated by amateur traders. The more experienced/profitable traders focus on things within their control like identifying...
    Post by: comagnum, Nov 6, 2018 in forum: Psychology

  6. Am I missing something?

    I think nearly all of the seasoned traders suggest having a reward-to-risk of at least 3:1. Traders tend to underestimate how large their gains...
    Post by: comagnum, Nov 4, 2018 in forum: Trading

  7. Sticking to the Plan...NOT!!!

    A retail trader that even has a trading plan is a remarkable in itself, let alone caring if you are in sync with it. We all start out much like...
    Post by: comagnum, Nov 2, 2018 in forum: Psychology

  8. If T.A. works, if you're swing trading, how far in the future can you see?

    Classic TA (old school) is based on chart patterns & volume as taught by the founders, not indicators. Measured moves are used to identify a...
    Post by: comagnum, Nov 2, 2018 in forum: Technical Analysis

  9. You're a Liar

    Most of what I do is tread water biting my time for the few months out of the year when big momo/breakouts are abundant - typically in Q1 & Q4.,...
    Post by: comagnum, Nov 1, 2018 in forum: Trading

  10. Why are you posting on ET?

    I am here because I got no where else to go - its either this or the crack pipe. [MEDIA]
    Post by: comagnum, Nov 1, 2018 in forum: Psychology

  11. October Performance

    Oct was good for swing traders with the SP big rising wedge taken out. Trading a lot of different markets you can get into trades like what we...
    Post by: comagnum, Oct 31, 2018 in forum: Trading

  12. If T.A. works, if you're swing trading, how far in the future can you see?

    As a long time trader (swing/momo) of classic chart patterns, my avg time to hit the target is about 4 weeks. I am not 'seeing' into the future,...
    Post by: comagnum, Oct 31, 2018 in forum: Technical Analysis

  13. You are not a trader until you ...

    You are not a true trader until the very things in trading that once caused you the most pain have been mastered, these same setups now provide...
    Post by: comagnum, Oct 29, 2018 in forum: Psychology

  14. Why Trading is so Hard

    Meditate on this nugget of Zen brilliance from one of the real masters. "A losing trader can do little to transform himself into a winning...
    Post by: comagnum, Oct 28, 2018 in forum: Psychology

  15. How was trading 100 years ago?

    Livermore was very outspoken on day trading, he saw it as a mugs game, and there was plenty of that even back in his day. Livermores core theme...
    Post by: comagnum, Oct 23, 2018 in forum: Trading