what time does the fed announce tomorrow? isn't it 3:00PM EST? and does anyone adjust their trading for the the announcement. Like go flat...
today.... much better... 2 trades... one short one long.. hit my 6 point goal and done... but had I kept trading I would have ended with 3...
Okay, small sample to prove my point.... 2 trades today... a short that made my +3 target and a Long that also made my +3 target. The short...
thankyou Beentrading. I am on this board to learn and share
It's gotten way off topic of where I started. I never said I only go short. My only point is that for scalping on a daily basis shortd give...
Wow thank you for such kind words. Who said I was ever expecting Friday on Monday. There's nicer ways to say things and be positive and support...
yeah,, the thing on options is the deflating value as expiration approaches. some of these just have so much short shares outstanding. I guess...
Does anyone trade these types of stocks? I have read that the theory is that these stocks can make big moves to the upside as the shorts cover....
Hopefully this is just an outlier day, I have been doing great. Friday was fantastic. Oh well, it's all part of the learning process. But...
I am so mad at myself... hit 2 trades and up 6 points on ES by 11:24 CST.... do I stop because I hit my daily goal... of course not! end up -2...
no actually it does. This was one of my biggest mistakes of the past.... a failure to take a profit and exit. This type of order gives me an...
It's simple. Just explained how OCO limit orders changed it all fir me.
Thank you neke. Exactly my point. The declines are much easier to trade. It's a shame that the average investors have never done any shorting....
I understand the short squeeze but Only a fraction of the volume in the equity markets are shorts. Especially when we're talking anout retail...
Well the replies have been interesting. I didn't know It was such a controversy. We can all make money long or short it really doesn't matter...
I totally agree. Much higher probability to nail three trades for two points each rather than trying to hit some kind of homerun. Overtime I've...
I mean the second example you gave. So there's automatically two orders after my entry. One for profit and one for stop. And yes once executed...
The article I put a link on says it's three times. Whatever it is I just know from experience that things fall apart much faster than they go up....
I knew this but wanted some data to back it up. This is why I love the shorts. Even on a intraday basis I'm sure this is true. I'm still...
Oh I accept that. 3-4 points per day would be phenomenal. Last time I was live I worked myself up to 10 contract trades. With my current rules...
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