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The human soul has three fatal weaknesses: money, sex and power. They all inflate our egos and prop up our insecure, fallen selves. Of these,...
Psychologically, it helps me to think that the market's only job is to fake me out, lead me down the garden path, and separate me from my money....
The holy grail being work and persistence?
And increasenow's brother.
Sitting back and watching the market for pure entertainment value ....
Your real-time quote screen :)
Speaking of which, I haven't seen increasenow in a few days.
That works ... except on the days when it doesn't work. Sometimes, you go to fade a move only to get steamrollered. The trick is (IMHO) learning...
Look at the chart of the premarket hours (say, a 1 min chart covering 4 hours). Whether it's random chop or well-defined trends, you're most...
Same parameters? I.E. 40 pt stop and 8 pt target? Or 40 x 8 TICKS (since ER2 ticks are 0.1 pt)? Once your stop or target has been hit, how do...
I agree that reward is always proportional to risk, both in terms of position size and reward expectancy. What risk:reward ratio do you suggest...
I used to try and be clever by trading reversals, overnight no less. Pick whichever stock mad moved the most in a day, then bet on an overnight...
I concur. 90% of the time, it moves in such a way as to fake people out, take out their stops and then reverse. It is one tricky mofo. Kudos to...
TA or T&A? BIG difference!
As an aside, when does trading become scalping? Is there any fixed definition, based on timeframe or profit target?
I love daytarding. Being tardy for an entire day, and still being paid for it!
If Microsoft made a trading program ...
That is like asking whether people prefer to 'eat' or 'drink'. Get a brain.
YM = 11588 @ 10:30. Now it's REALLY time to average down :eek:
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