I commited this crime too, some time, but I rarely do it now. the root problem is: you try to hit right, or try hard to follow the market, but...
that is misleading. the truth is: the game is subjective:including using what signals to enter, when to enter, how to enter, when to close, how to...
I was good at momentum play or breakout play, bascially a trend follower. I normally jump from one symbol to another one, it is pretty easy for me...
traded five years 2004 fall cash account, not profitable breakeven 2005 fall margin account, not profitable break even 2006 blew up account...
not every day the market trends. yesterday is a good trending day! so avoid those non-trending days in a particular trading vechicle. or you...
you are doing suicide trading! maybe becuase you are phasing out of trading, you want it end quickly. fading is a "good great " strategy, just...
thanks your encoragement. I have a great day on sweet crude, AIG and IMMU. I already got the answer. that is very great. so I decided to end...
my personal problems do did transfer to my trading activities. like today, I did plan the AIG trade. in the opening, I already put out my stop...
true. I have personal issue with my wife. when i made money, she is ok. but if I lost, even a great trade (cutting loss acoording to the plan),...
2004 fall cash account, first lost some, then gained back, non-profitable 2005 fall upgraded to margin account, under the dream of "do lot, get...
2004 fall cash account, first lost some, then gained back 2005 fall upgraded to margin account, under the dream of "do lot, get rich quick'....
I was counting the days it is consolidating. last time 7days. I caught the 29.8 to 35 wave. but missed this wave. felt a shame. since this...
gosh, I missed the AIG train, my stop buy was around 35.8, after I done with nymx, I should still keep the order. thouse guys seize the last half...
shorted NYMX at 6.87 with 1. 5kshare, then stop sell at 6.6 with another 1.5kshare. covered it at 5.6. the big mistake is my second round stop...
since Es has too much noises (3 point /less movement) or confusion signals, a 3-point stop loss is not proper to catch major intra-day ES move...
or did you cut loss accordingly? in those cases, you did not. but do not push yourself too hard. markets most time are in no decision zone or...
nodoji, if you really want to be agressive. just think like that: if the market shoots from 1000 to 1038, and if you did not do any thing,...
I totally agree with you. whether stocks or futures are the same thing. I normally just trade those obvious ones or typical setups do not try to...
bought FNM at 1.71 sold it at 2.11, done today
well said. trading really is a job. as a retail trader, the disadvantage is: limited resources or scared money. as many know, learning trading...
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