Half way through life and not close to being consistent

Discussion in 'Journals' started by gamblingman, Jun 2, 2014.

  1. Ditto :D
     
    #71     Jun 9, 2014
  2. I will pray for you.
     
    #72     Jun 9, 2014
  3. samuel11

    samuel11

    Is she hot?
     
    #73     Jun 9, 2014
  4. Dolemite

    Dolemite

    My post was referring to an earlier post regarding my ongoing efforts to bring the market down for gamblingman. Who cares if she is hot, she gets half. :D
     
    #74     Jun 9, 2014
  5. Do you know ANY successful traders? If not, don't you think there's a reason why that is? :)
     
    #75     Jun 9, 2014
  6. smallfil

    smallfil

    Gamblingman…...The line of least resistance is to just follow the trend. I too hope to become a profitable trader. I have adopted strict risk controls and try to limit my trades to 2% of my account. In addition, I try to trade only with the trend. Last year,
    I lost $246 and this year am down $434. One important thing I realized is that I
    should be pyramiding my position when the trend is strong and my trades working.
    Had I done that, I would have been in the black easily. My win rate is only 30% but,
    I try to keep losses small in the other 70% of the time I lose monies on my trade.
    One other thing, are you not trading too much? Did you say 2000 trades? I traded
    only 75 times last year. With pyramiding, around 170 trades in one year. Of course,
    my holding period on my trades is 2-3 months. Good luck to you and everyone else
    on your trading.
     
    #76     Jun 10, 2014
  7. It is a crazy run. We all have to admit that.

    It's very simple, bulls make money, bears and hogs get slaughtered.
     
    #77     Jun 10, 2014
  8. Mo06

    Mo06

    "My win rate is only 30%"

    A fair coin will produce 50%.
     
    #78     Jun 10, 2014
  9. Dolemite

    Dolemite

    That counts as a down day right?
     
    #79     Jun 10, 2014
  10. really??? One more day ;)
     
    #80     Jun 10, 2014