Hey Publias, lay off the Florida babes!!! She is becoming another tourist attraction like Disney. :D :D
I'll say!!! Good to hear from you on this thread again, and to see that you did some 'inner thinking and outer tinkering' to your system. Your...
I don't think so; the best way to keep this going is to keep it up, it brings in fresh money each day that fears missing the move-the most...
for the moment let's assume 3 to 1 ratio, and for discussion sake we decide on 5 pts as the stop. From experience I find that I always lose the 5...
I suspect most beginners use ta from the perspective of it being the holy grail, and continue the search for the 'right' combination of indicators...
Life is about priorities, what's yours? I would sell the car as it is a deprciating asset; and then lease a new one if that is what you need(a...
Just a reminder for all to remove their 'mkt order' keys from their keyboards; and to use only limit orders so we don't have terrible fill stories...
Possibly we should have a chat/thread set up at ET, and invite as participants/moderators those who 'traded' through the early 70's to describe...
Not disagreeing that the Fed might, through its cohorts, initiate action(secret)under very unusual circumstances in order to stabalize matters...
I don't subscribe to any 'conspiracy theory'; I feel your comments are misplaced and result from having a near term neg bias on mkt; hence you are...
Agree with your observations on aft rally: not the swift volatile short covering type except for the final 10 minutes. The NDX though is putting...
Addiction, Addiction, Addiction!!!!! The normal progression with trading over time is to shorten one's time frame. We may rationalize that...
When I was struggling, I would look back at a series of my trades and joke to who would ever listen that if I just reversed what I did I would be...
above should read 4 times in a 5 day period. Also should mention in your case since the acct size is below 25k, you will either have to bring...
It doesn't matter whether the account is cash only, such as an IRA, which precludes shorting or using margin, or a regular brokerage account. The...
lousy question; i doubt 1 in 100 day traders would put on that type of trade. Styles differ but a better question might be if you used 260k by end...
Granted each day sets up different, but doing your homework in the evening, and then tweaking that somewhat based on pre-market indications is...
"then one night in an empty room where no curtains ever hung, like a miracle some golden words roll off of someone's tongue, so after years of...
1. no rhymn nor reason to your trade setups. 2. the times you 'pick' to trade seem to me to be the amateur or high risk setups(ones where I would...
1. feel like I'm being approached by a timeshare huckster in Ft. Lauderdale knowing I'm going to get screwed but the free meal is too enticing so...
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