also, all profittakingfool (sp?) is saying is that he just adds to a losing trade (again with no defined risk). yes, that works MOST of the...
"It's not the BIG one that will get you - it's the million little ones." maybe for you. but that's not been my experience in interviewing...
carcanaques. great point. and much more succinct than me. if you don't have a stop you haven't defined risk. period. and a mental stop is...
i'll repeat this for the studio audience. i am NOT REFERRING TO FLOOR TRADERS the title of the thread referred to EMINI's. EMINI's do not...
"I frequently (aka daily) trade without stops in the current market. And while I am not the most agressive trader size wise, I am a consistently...
"Absolutely untrue. My P/L headed straight north the day I stopped using stops. There are better ways of managing risk. Take a trip down to the...
you also don't need to worry about a margin call if you are an investor that is not leveraged. i've certainly increased the long percentage in...
i keep extensive and detailed records of my futures trades. i don't which i prefer from a psychological or emotional standpoint. i can tell...
the idea of using a "mental" stop is idiocy. there are way too many what if's. what if your power AND phone line goes down while you are in a...
"I see no good reason to buy stocks at these levels at this time" for an INVESTOR, it's always a good time to buy (in other words, dollar cost...
"If you are buying on the bid and it is getting hit, odds are you are wrong on the direction anyway" utter rubbish. my methodology means...
im in seattle area, and real estate is JUST starting to see weakness. for the first time. i sold a house in july 2007 that i had bought in...
"You're fooling yourself. Because you have ABILITY trading YM you're in turn giving the product too much credit. For starters YM's tape is largely...
"If your not profitable with ES 0.25 ticks, 0.10 ticks is not going to improve your situation." simply false, and could only be stated by...
"Someone please answer me this, IB used to state repeatedly that it doesn't include all ticks in its feed. " IB *aggregates* ticks. many...
omg! it's not that frigging difficult. if you can't figure it out on your own, go to IB and see if one of their educational videos covers it.
"you can trade stocks with buttontrader as well as futures.......i don't know how any IB user that trades frequently can trade without...
for me , scaling out works best. entering maximum size otoh is generally what i do. a nice thing about having the last segment scaled out is...
"Listen up: The only thing that moves the market is: EARNINGS. Earnings are weak, market is down. That's all." false. any # of...
only losers whinge about "manipulation" the market can only move when supply or demand is in control.
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