Slow here too. Have had two stops missed out of 10 so far today, 1 NY and 1 Nasdaq...arggg. Luckily the stocks didn't get too far away from me.
Had two separate stops each to sell 200sh of AEIS at 16.74. The bid and ask went through 16.74 and traded below twice and back up again and then...
Lets just say I'm glad I don't have to rely on Gary Smith's breakout system to support me. I'll let someone else take up the cause of swing vs....
In defense of swing trading, you don't make small percentage returns each month. 60%+ per month returns are possible and you don't have to sit in...
Kind of funny reading about all the commissions you pay during the day Hitman. For example today I got 5 swing trade orders filled to the short...
For short term trading (intraday to a few days) I like using the weekly chart of the NASD or NYSE and bias to the short side when the current week...
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I don't think Limitdown was referring to your opinion (which I agree with since I've done it), he was referring to the pooling of funds in a...
This is fine, but technically if you are in different tax brackets it either penalizes or helps one of the parties. If you pay more taxes overall...
Everyone who has traded for awhile and has become successful has most likely paid a tuition of $10K to 50K (in losses) before they started making...
Most importantly think of all the women at college. I'd go just for that again. You can use the pickup line "Hey babe, I'm a daytrader," and...
If you use interest income as the method to pay out profits the IRS will frown on that. They want income classified into its proper categories,...
No reason you can't do both. Go to college and while getting a degree develop or find a system to paper trade. Then schedule your classes around...
I've invested with a group of friends where we formed a Limited Liability Company (LLC) which allows us to pass the gain/losses out on individual...
Thanks Rigel for the reply. I should clarify what I'm asking better. I will have control of my IRA soon, but want a way to take the IRA money...
I agree with avoiding the placement of stops on whole numbers. When I set my stops, it's always behind closest dollar if possible, then 1/2, 1/4,...
Anybody know a way to take money in an IRA or 401K from work and invest it in a vehicle, such as an Limited Liability Company or Trust, that the...
Sam, Def requested someone to email IB on the Stop problem and he did. The email pointed out a bug in the algorithm of IB's stop program. They...
One way to look at the market is as a good, persistant bull market in reverse. I don't like the market because I hate trading stocks under $20...
It seems when a buy stop is executed when the Bid trades through your stop, you will always be filled higher than your stop (at the Ask). I would...
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