Yes, it was nasty. But also a good reminder to remain diversified in the portfolio. Excluding all biotech is a possibilty as the risk/reward seems...
For this specific system, NO event would have to happen for me to always use hard stops. This system is based on tested criteria and time stops...
I might be wrong on that but it looks to me that the "big guys" will not let the markets go much lower before year-end. Because of the low volume,...
5 days mid-July. Actually I had only 58% profitable days this year. 2-5 days Swing trades here. I am done for the year for individual stocks. I...
Thanks empee. You are so right. When everything is doing well and dandy, it is easy to feel strong. Adversity is a great teacher. But I think too...
Forex - forex is definitely one of those who read well a post ! By the way, I just mentioned that I do not use hard stops. Obviously this trade in...
No hard stop loss. Only time loss and criteria on volume/stock above 10$. When backtesting, I could not find an edge with hard stop losses. It...
Actually we could see this rare event of 5 consecutive lower close for the Nasdaq this week. Very rare indeed. I am always fascinated to see the...
Yes, they need to call the cavalry if they want to keep some profits. Actually, as usual, there are winners and losers even if you were long this...
Interesting thread, to say the least ! My intention was to share an experience on a trade which turned out as a loss. I just would like to...
For me gambling is not taking a position in a stock but rather risking too much on that position. I trade 2 systems. 60% in System 1. In this...
Myself, of course. Not even close !:D
OK> My goal is not to make money on the options, as much as protecting my capital invested in stocks. Also, I keep stocks only for a few days,...
Why do you say that, rallymode?
Thanks, Optioncoach. I am definitely going to study the possibility of optioning the high risk stocks I buy. And biotech stocks qualify as high...
Thanks for the tip. The way I trade is to trade two swing systems , long, only. I "hedge" through shorting ETFs when the market is extended....
Don't be sorry about my loss, because I am not ! It is part of trading, unfortunately. I have only a 56 % win rate ! I am not sure I understand...
I make money by buying "difficult" stocks. If I start rationalizing why I should not buy, I would not be 48% up this year with this system, long...
I just wanted to report my trade on NFLD. (swing trades 2-5 days) I bought 800 shares of NFLD on Monday at 15.01 (10% of the capital allocated to...
Sorry, I do not argue. I just think such studies do not have scientific evidences. Probably very difficult to perform. Which magazines, which...
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