They vary. Some certainly allow overnight and over-the-weekend holding (which probably covers "days to weeks"?). I doubt whether "months to years" would really be viable, though ... (and you'd be dependent on their long-term survival, too: the forex/CFD ones tend to disappear when the payout requests grow. The futures ones much less so, for obvious reasons). "Months to years" is more "investing" than "trading," though, anyway? Not really their purpose, function or market??
Sorry I give my thoughts even if the question wasn’t directed to me. Most prop firms don’t allow overnight holding. They want you to be flat for the close. Here’s TopStep answer. But there might be prop firms that allow it especially with micros.
Artemis Program (Moon landing) Just for fun I’ll begin Monday. Hope I won’t blow up xD Do you validate @SimpleMeLike ? Should be fine if I just click ?
Thank you for both your clarifications. I got serious going back into day trading in 2023 after re-read @nysestocks' thread. So far, with the exception of a 3 months period live, only paper traded. Don't think I can do well in a prop firm setting.
Not sure but I think NyseStocks was scalping / reading the tape before the rise of the algorithm. Following the whales and risking little money laying against the limit orders. Not sure. A combine isn’t for everyone and not everyone needs it. Wish I spent more time Sim trading and not wasting thousands away. When I was still in the search for a solid plan.
No one is stopping you from doing it. TOS's paper trade platform is actually quite good (for day trading index or names) once you figure out a realistic setup. I did 3 months sim, 3 months live and back to 9 months sim. The live vs sim results are consistent.
I tumbled upon TOS when I was looking for a platform but I believe I can’t access it from Europe. I have used IB instead for stocks and AMP/SierraChart for futures. You’re right … The fills better be realistic !