I'm glad I was asked to make that trading timeline. I never fully realized how correct I was in my long-term predictions on my losing trades (the oil, the gasoline, and the EURUSD). I never fully understood how completely irrelevant long-term position/swing trading is with all this increased leverage. Are algorithms the only way to try to get a handle on the markets in the short-term? All that randomness when you zoom in on the chart. Reminds me of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle.
Pondering from your post here... https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/best-retail-broker-for-my-needs.372068/ You are out of your league at this time. You were asking about margin accounts. You probably need to be off of the "trading" forum and go unto the "option" forum. It's fine to read this forum, but this is for major traders. I shouldn't even be here... It appears you are trading blood money. Rethink many of your steps please...