I will be almost exclusively intraday, most positions between 5 minutes and a half hour, I believe. Sub minute scalping is something I might try...
Helps a good bit, actually. I hadn't thought of it in terms of percentage of trades that should stop out. Naturally some should, some shouldn't....
Wow a light bulb just came on there. Thanks for that. So, I want to do what everyone else is probably going to do, but before they do it instead...
So many ways to decide where to put an initial stop order, that all make sense. A percentage of the last charted up or down movement? A percentage...
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Awesome observations. Hope the OP takes them to heart.
RISK MANAGEMENT. Essential in both endeavors. Understand that the markets are somewhat manipulated, and orders are not always executed in time to...
Wow Padu that's pretty awesome, that you were able to make a go of it, trading with $200. Seems like commissions would have crippled you at that...
Dead easy! The installer is a real hand holder. Mint is probably just as simple. Debian is not just for ubergeeks, either, actually. I am loving...
Scuse me for speaking out of turn here, having zero experience and all, so take this with a grain of salt FWIW but my observation is day trading,...
I think almost any decent desktop from a big name brand made in the last 5 years, with only a few mods such as SSD drive, plenty of RAM, and a...
Now I don't feel so left out. I wanted to give them a try but they don't support my operating system and I would never use WinDOHs or Mac even on...
The fact of the matter is it is a criminal offense to enter this country illegally. Period. America has bent over backward to accomodate enonomic...
Okay thanks for those replies. Hope nobody looks at my questions as hijacking the thread. Now I think I have a better understanding of what...
Oh. Too bad. Looks pretty good for WinDOHs users, though. Thanks for the reply, Robert. I looked, but didn't find it in the LightSpeed FAQ.
Linux? Both ToS and TWS run natively on Ubuntu Linux. How about LS?
The Dell laptop I am typing on works fine with Ubuntu 16.04. It even enables the touch screen which I discovered a couple years ago by accident....
Going cashless might be convenient and efficient, but it also generates a lot of data that can be used or even misused, that I am not particularly...
So what would make the account eligible for a PDT reset, besides a deposit to bring the account balance up to $25k? Or the passage of 90 days...
So just to clarify, an underfunded trader can make HOW MANY day trades? I thought it was four in one week. Is the open and close of a single...
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