Risk aversion is paramount but risk too little and you under use capital. Find the balance. No Heat
The SPY has dividend payment adjustment that makes the long timeframe charts far from perfect; also many times irregular bad prints that screw...
Nothing wrong with that, you just need exceptional accuracy. Even better to have exceptional accuracy and risk reward ratio, therefore, why...
Bone, You not reading me correctly or perhaps I did not express myself properly. I was basically debating his definition of trend trading...
Based on your statement the only true trend traders would be those buying higher highs in uptrends or selling lower lows in downtrends. Come on...
If you zoom in to find trends, of course you will find them but this is using a tangent for debate, not applicable, as I'm trading the fractal of...
Never said anything about trading countertrend, in fact I stated what to do if there was a preceding trend before the consolidation and if there...
First of all, don't generalize there are many ways to profit from the markets. My definition of averaging down is adding to a losing trade, not...
Assuming consistently, even throughout low volatility. 5 points a day average account to approximately 100 points a month, not realistic....
Please post a chop fest using the same tools and same parameters and you'll see your pretty indicators become garbage.
Many steps are required. In no particular order, You need an edge, rock solid discipline, smart money management, adequate trading...
God forbid those high yielders's yield get cut or suspended.
If you are making 3-5k a week and you only trade one contract in my opinion you are mismanaging leverage. Don't confuse win rate with success....
A fundamental problem with most traders is that they insist on predicting instead of reacting to the price action or patterns of the charts. On...
If the OP uses 0 as maximum risk on an instrument that cannot go to 0 and he uses intelligent money management on the adds he has the start of...
Neke, Stop trading cash, it's overly clear that something it's amiss. It's so obvious you should stop whatever you are doing immediately and...
My pleasure, glad to see you on the right track.
This attitude is precisely the kind that prevents traders from capitalizing in markets like the one we are experiencing right now, fear of buying...
Let me give you some advice assuming no daytrades. It's one thing to buy a strong company when the whole market is at oversold levels. It's...
No idea why there is so much ego in this site. Anyway, no reason to generalize. It all depends in how precise you are as a trader when you...
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