I agree that markets are fractal but there is one point you should pay attention to. The trading costs are constant and the shorter your time...
I think I agree with you that is why I put the post. Do you try once or twice and then wait to get out of the range? ie wait for a proper...
I think what I am asking is this. Even with a good entry and stop you can get stopped out. Would you re-enter the trade in the same direction...
In a contract like the FTSE I normally use a 10point stop. It is in the context of intraday trading that I posted the question
I find quite often in an effort to be disciplined and keeping losses small, I enter a trade in the same direction a few times and get stopped out....
Why is is that most of the time when looking at charts and backtesting a strategy it seems to work, however, when applying it in real time for...
Ya but sometimes the small controlled losses add up to a gourmet meal for the market!
I find the old adage "sit on your winners" very frustrating to operate as most of the time reasonable day rading profits turn into losses or a...
Had hoped to get some intelligent responses on this thread but.......never mind....
Some say that trading is similar to games of skill and chance like poker or backgammon. Both of these games involve an element of luck. In poker...
Also requires to know what a best setup is. Not all setups generated by the same rules perform the same way. Some generate loosing trades and...
I understand what you are saying and, in principal, agree with it. But does this apply to trades that have gone well but are stalling at a...
But what frequently happens in these kind of situtaitons is that you keep entering the same trade at an increasing more unfavourable price where...
There is a lot of trading literature which professes to outline rules for successful trading. A lot of these are very general statements which...
This is quite a vexing question and I was wondering what other trader's view on it is. Suppose you initiate a trade, place your stop loss and...
I hear what you are saying but I thought techincal analysis covered Psychology, Statistical Arbitrage, Zero Cost Option Constructs etc and any...
I thought one relied either on technical or funcamental analysis. What other options are there?
How can you use fundamental analysis in short term trading. Does the local/market maker use fundamentals??
Surely preference must have little to do with it. Some approaches must be superior to others. It might be very hard to establish though. If it...
I am interested to have Elite Traders' audience opinion on the following subjects: Are trend lines more reliable that indicators? Quite a...
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