Recent Content by sfbayarea

  1. Question about Taxes and MTM

    I concur with BMK on this.. I have a margin account and so everything is in this stock. In fact, I owe the brokerage 12k for holding more shares...
    Post by: sfbayarea, Oct 18, 2020 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  2. Question about Taxes and MTM

    Thanks BMK for your response. So for my situation, I have bought and kept shares at various dates of that stock, while I have also day traded the...
    Post by: sfbayarea, Oct 17, 2020 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  3. Question about Taxes and MTM

    Hi All, I'm an active day trader. Before this year, I day traded all the time on my only trading account. I held no positions going into...
    Thread by: sfbayarea, Oct 16, 2020, 7 replies, in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  4. If there was a trading technique that was 90-100% always positive, how much would you give to learn

    I can see the black swan event happening in both directions because sudden news can come out at anytime and kill what would be a normal trade....
    Post by: sfbayarea, Aug 14, 2015 in forum: Professional Trading

  5. If there was a trading technique that was 90-100% always positive, how much would you give to learn

    So the guy never had a losing day for 9 months straight? If this is true, then I need to shut up and let this forum thread die.
    Post by: sfbayarea, Aug 13, 2015 in forum: Professional Trading

  6. If there was a trading technique that was 90-100% always positive, how much would you give to learn

    I have taken mental stops before when I was down too much. But then I realized that stops whether actionable or mental are the source of my...
    Post by: sfbayarea, Aug 13, 2015 in forum: Professional Trading

  7. If there was a trading technique that was 90-100% always positive, how much would you give to learn

    That's what people have told me here before. Believe me, I have found something close to the Holy Grail for trading. I have been blessed and...
    Post by: sfbayarea, Aug 13, 2015 in forum: Professional Trading

  8. If there was a trading technique that was 90-100% always positive, how much would you give to learn

    No Risk/Reward Ratio. I do not use stops because I do not like taking losses. I do occasionally take losses due to wrong button pushing or...
    Post by: sfbayarea, Aug 12, 2015 in forum: Professional Trading

  9. If there was a trading technique that was 90-100% always positive, how much would you give to learn

    Not new here... After losing for 5 years, I believe that I've finally turned the corner. I haven't had a losing day this last month (pretty much...
    Post by: sfbayarea, Aug 3, 2015 in forum: Professional Trading

  10. If there was a trading technique that was 90-100% always positive, how much would you give to learn

    Just curious, how many winning days do people here need to see from a 90-100% trader to be convinced this trader is legit and has found the holy...
    Post by: sfbayarea, Jul 31, 2015 in forum: Professional Trading

  11. If there was a trading technique that was 90-100% always positive, how much would you give to learn

    Just as the thread name says, I'm curious what the readers here think and how much one would be willing to pay to learn the techniques to be...
    Thread by: sfbayarea, Jul 30, 2015, 74 replies, in forum: Professional Trading

  12. Tradestation versus lightspeed

    Been a long time since I've been here. I use Lightspeed and still do. The platform is good. Much better than Scottrade when I first got into...
    Post by: sfbayarea, Feb 11, 2015 in forum: Retail Brokers

  13. Started the Trades

    I was very depressed about posting trades on and after the 13th.. since I lost big in two days. But the rest of the month was hard work to get it...
    Post by: sfbayarea, Mar 31, 2014 in forum: Journals