EW has some validity, but strict adherence to the rules ignores the reality of the marketplace. However, Tudor Jones is a big fan of EW theory,...
70% and above seems to be the minimum threshold level to be successful short term traders (hours to a few trading days). Though traders hitting...
That's a good amount to start with in the beginning ... if you start with too much you risk losing it all and not knowing what the hell happened....
This is a survey. What percentage of your stock index trades are winners, and what's your average win amount vs. average loss amount per contract....
I would advise not to day trade, but try to increase your time frame of trade, such as swing trading, so that you don't have to follow the market...
Was the 400 point, nearly 4%, swing a leveraged trade?
Stock indexes, at least a few hours, but ideally one trading day or more. I don't scalp... I usually don't like to mess around with .25 of a...
With leverage you can lose more than your equity if markets move fast enough, such as in limit movs. That's one reason the broker wants to know...
dang, recently I gotta huge winning streak trading stock indexes... feels like I can do no wrong... past 6 trades have been good( except 1 trade...
Too stressful and too hard. Been there, done that. At a minimum, your method should try to capture a 0.5% fluctuation, so if ES is 1100, then...
Please vote if you're trading with more or less than $1 million.
LOL:p . Actually, in the "problem attitude" department, I'm like most traders. You know the saying of do as I say, not as I do.
Good systems can become bad systems when everybody uses it.
I'm not one to catch falling pianos and don't think anyone else should either. Wow, India is having its own Oct 1987 right now!!!:eek:
You must be crazy to trade with that type of leverage. The predator will find you.
Traders looking to make instant millions should instead heed lessons from businessman Roy Chapman, the owner of Preakness winner, Smarty Jones....
Looking for a potential short term top in USD Index next week, and opportunity to go long SF. Sugar in downtrend mode, but I wouldn't short it....
Sorry, but I feel like laughing when I see WizeTrade commercials. Just follow a simple system to huge profitability? Ain't that simple. When I...
You need to find your edge and have good money management. Concept is easy, but the execution is hard. The successful ETers will tell you its not...
Sorry, I meant Richard Dennis recommended Stanley Kroll's book, "Kroll on Futures Trading Strategy." The praise is on the backcover of the book....
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