Truth be told: You have no strategy whatsoever. You determine entries and exits based on gut feel. You trade too large and get freaked out by a...
I'm very amused by how you love to pound on my piano training and Chinese skills, then generalize that on my entire being. From the inaccurate way...
I think you are still living in a dreamworld, nnfx. Newbies often indulge in such big thoughts of being the Messiah of the world once they have...
I'm not closed-minded. Now I ask you: if your sole purpose of existence is hunting every tick in the market to make ends meet with a wishful...
Occupation trader. I'm a trend follower so I don't need to sit and watch the market all day long. It's truly liberating. - Taking piano...
Although not a bad idea for the intermediary term, I do not think it is how a man should invest efforts in. When you have all the time in the...
I thought it was Mark Twain?
If you are really a trend trader, then what indicators do you possibly need? A moving average and that's it. Go with the Dow Theory: higher high...
I'm using free software mostly and making a living trading. No fixed costs with regards to trading. None. Market data is free with IB because I am...
I'm not sure why people keep saying that market conditions change. They do, but not fundamentally, and that in turn proves that traders have...
The revamped version is a significant improvement, dst. Love it. What I'm still missing are more advanced charting functionalities: Show...
Thanks :D
With $10,000, you can hold up to $40,000 worth of equities during the day (4:1 leverage), but you have to close most of it at the end of the day...
I have not read his book, but based on what you described, it very much sounds like a false breakdown below a defined support area (a pivot level...
Thanks for your prompt reply!
For the $SPX I merely get the intraday data since January although I explicitly set it to load 1500 bars. The ES #F loads even less with intraday...
This part of your post appealed to me, really. I would like to contribute a tip that might help traders psychologically (especially those who...
Seems like the only option you have left is to go for a CFD broker.
Actually I trade very systematically according to strict rules with regards to entry and trailing the stop. But admittedly I observed the market...
Oh yes, indeed, they do hope. The term "hope" I define as sitting through an adverse movement because there is not enough evidence for closing the...
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