With profit.ly you can essentially export trades from your account. With Covestor, their setup allows them to monitor and report on your trades...
Probably, they are highly recommended....
You should check out XLQ available here: http://www.qmatix.com/index.htm For about $100 (more or less depending on which version you want), you...
This sounds like you expect to blow up again. A trading plan should include risk mitigation strategies that makes this virtually impossible.
The open is a very volatile time to trade. The best way to get filled at the open is to use a limit on open order such as IB has available....
I've averaged 25% annualized the past 5 years, over 50% the last 2. And that's end of day trading of stocks, not day trading. Early on drawdowns...
Sounds like you have to trade on the long side, or inverse ETFs, or move your account. Sogotrade does ok for getting shorts and has lower...
After 10 trades over 3 mos I am up 35%...How mant trades do any of you recommend I put in before I can realistically think that I may have a...
Congrats on a nice 1Q. Regarding the taxes, for someone earning at the 25% tax rate (not all of us are up to the 35% rate yet) I calculate that...
When your sharpe ratio approaches 2 or greater, there is a lot less risk in using huge leverage because your expectancy is so high. A strategy...
All the information I have read about hedge funds, and those starting out talk about the difficulty of raising money. Seems to me it may be like...
I trade small cap stocks. Too many shares pushes can push the price. Even with superior performance it can take time to build up an account to...
You need to re-read the article though. It states that 31 basis points is insufficient to cover trading costs, so even if we assume that at 32bp...
You said that were earning 10 to 15% per month and I think you said your current account is $50K. At this rate of return that means you would...
Great thread.
So true. Re. "How to make money day trading the right way." Why does everyone think that to be a trader they have to day trade? I work a 9...
A number of traders post their trades on profitly. I think that people trying to sell something should post their trades but I don't see the...
I sent your question to a Covestor rep who sent this response: "We do offer free trials as a way of capturing leads, engaging with them and...
Maybe that's why you aren't rich. Not that I am, but I approach trading like a business. I don't gamble and I don't trade for thrills. I do it...
Hi, You are making a lot of assumptions. One that I question is that the drawdowns are even viewed by the manager as excessive. For a fund...
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