But if the approach is active trading, then what is the problem with any given trade losing money? If a trader starts his journal saying that he...
I have done - see my post above.
http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=267347&highlight=scalping+journal
I have a trading journal that I maintain here. In fact, part of my reason for posting this thread was to improve my future journal entries so they...
I'm not American, I criticise my own society freely, I haven't done any 'voter suppression' in the US (difficult since I don't live there), and I...
But it was the Singapore government - hardly an unbiased arbiter in the case - that labelled this 'contempt of court'. It's pretty clear that the...
Here are a few suggestions for anyone making a trading journal on here. i) Give explanations for your positions, rather than just state what...
What position sizing method did you use in your trading career, and did you have a maximum career drawdown significantly greater than what you had...
The problem is you don't know the future win rate, you don't know the future average winning trade return, and you don't know the future absolute...
No, actually your initial response was to just make some unprovoked rude remarks, then you claimed to put me on ignore. Only later did you mention...
The problem is that you do not know any of the variables in that equation for any of your trades or strategies.
Here's I'll discuss position sizing in a novel way - I will use truthful and accurate assumptions. Every position sizing method I have ever seen...
As a beginner you should risk as little as possible per trade i.e. a 1 lot, or odd-lot share size. The reason is that your edge is probably...
Oh and which part of my statement about him was incorrect? The fact is that he was jailed as a result of criticising in a book, the way the...
Not AFAIK. As I understand it, they would only auto-liquidate if you had genuine risk e.g. having to pay for delivery, early exercise possibility...
Read the risk disclaimer quoted earlier in thread: http://ibkb.interactivebrokers.com/tag/position-liquidations "IB reserves the right to...
Not always - the exercise deadline may have already have passed; assignment may not be instantaneous; you may not have enough cash to meet the...
Why am I obviously speaking out of my depth? The fact is that options positions with any short leg have considerable risk beyond the net. Pin...
I'm not a guest in Singapore, so your comment about that, and about manners is irrelevant. Morality is more important than manners anyway - I...
Last time someone got schooled this bad was Gatti vs Mayweather :D
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