Absolutely, nothing wrong with that. After all, mutual funds, hedge funds and money managers have been doing it for decades.
Day-trading is EXTREMELY exhausting, no doubt. I suggest you try swing trading instead, with higher time frames like the 1h or 4h, it's much much...
That's alright GotherL, you lost a battle but not the war. Just bite the bullet, learn the lesson and move on, there are tons of trading...
Sorry to hear about your loss buddy, even though you timed that short trade correctly. That sucks if you ask me.
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OP never mentioned the US stock market.
With the same $100K trading capital TD Ameritrade offers 9% margin rate.
Yes, in Canada (your country) the trader can borrow up to 70% of the stock's price, although not all securities qualify for margin trades..
Are you sure you replied to the right thread? Your reply to SanMiguel is quite puzzling, to say the least.
This could help: https://investorjunkie.com/stock-brokers/best-margin-rates/ (For informational purposes only, I am not affiliated with this website.)
Really? The average daily move of the S&P 500 is 1%. Same thing with the major currency pairs. No difference.
Nonsense, markets have been going up, down or sideways for centuries. Simple trend-following techniques have been proven to work for the last...
Leverage my friend, leverage, that's the main difference. With Futures and Forex, profits and losses happen at least 10 times faster. A stock has...
Yes, thanks to the endless supply of newcomers entering the trading arena each day. Don't worry, the robots and even AI (Artificial...
True, but in zero-sum games (like Futures or Forex), winning traders get their money from inexperienced and undisciplined traders, so if the noobs...
To be absolutely certain you can always email the TradeStation staff and ask them where these 2:30 PM Sunday prices come from.
Well, backtesting requires some serious programming skills (C++, Python, etc...) that most traders simply do not have. Even EasyLanguage (from...
By the way Mr Calhoun , it is a real honor to talk with an experienced and professional trader like yourself.:thumbsup:
As you already know, testing begins with the almighty backtest. If the backtest shows that the system is profitable with 20 or 30 years of...
ECN (and some Middle East markets) still trade on Sundays during "premarket". In Dubai for example, Friday is the beginning of the trading week....
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