The supplies to daytrading SPY and also QQQ options. I did it again today where I had a great profit and failed to exit and now I got a loss on paper. This happens to me from time to time where I just can’t pull the trigger and I know that’s greed setting in that I think I could make more. I’ll probably have done this four or five times in the last two weeks. So I’m gonna institute an old strategy which is a set of profit level And put in a limit sell and let the computer do the work. I know people are gonna say that’s not the best way to try but I need the computer to do the discipline for me. Anyone else struggle with us?
Welcome to the Trading Casino...place your bets, place your bets, place your bets. No one knows the exact future. But you can reasonably semi know the future and observe it. Everyday in the market...it's a collision of forces...Upwards movement colliding with Downwards pressure movement. You just have to be patient and reasonably know what to expect within the micro and macro details. There's usually a whole bunch of fakeouts, noise, and a few key inflection points on the chart. That's what you have to dissect. Trading, hunting, is an art....it's not a fixed, mechanical, process. Before the opening bell, a trader has to establish the future day framework image of expectations. And use that as your loose, generalized, guide. Some days...it will generally be a flat day, up day or down day...know what opportunities exists to seize Stare at the S&P, Dow and Nasdaq charts...there's a plethora of information in those micro and macro movements. It's not all random
Applies. (dad's) FTE properly is why you're here (population controls needed). Enter mkt -> price ATM option in a duration = your average hold (0DTE) -> TP when gains are equal to the prem on the ATM option. It equates to owning the synthetic (call, if long) for better than zero outlay. IOW, make your target one half of the ATM combo. I have something better but this is the remedial version.
Must take some profit when reward : risk ratio is ~ 3. Keep some lots open so as to stretch RR ratio. Always have STOPs in place.
I have preached and preached "grab those profits" but most turn a deaf ear to what I say. If a move continues a trader can always get right back in.
Yes absolutely. And when I use a limit order to exit I end up doing that exact thing taking a profit. That’s what’s really important it doesn’t matter how much
Interesting.... In my short 6 years trading experience, I think I've gotten better over all ar gauging the direction of the handful of stocks I trade, in relation to the overall market and specific to theirs. However, my weakness is impatience, particularly as I've settled on swing trading this last year. Greed comes in play, pushing beyond my plan just before an unexpected drop, forcing me to either hold longer than planned or exit and take a loss or smaller profit than anticipated. Impatience comes when the swing doesn't and the share price flattens. Frustratingly, it's when I finally exit that it spikes on unexpected news. The reality is that I do best when I mechanically follow my plan and pay no attention to the coulda woulda shoulda.