Ideas on not selling too soon for swingtrading?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by KCalhoun, Jan 14, 2021.

  1. traider

    traider

    Join WSB. Everyone there goes for full YOLO so they hang on to their trades until its -100% or the next TSLA. This will change your perception
     
    #11     Jan 15, 2021
  2. %%
    All that can work well, for longs anyway.
    Leave the screen without a plan, or leave the screen with a plan on on inverse ETFs can easily ruin any profit.
    Collecting dividends can work even better ;
    but not on inverse ETfs/LOL
    Also easier, for any ''single stock'' profits to go up in smoke, so to speak.
    Partial profits /longer term charts can work well................................................................................
     
    #12     Jan 15, 2021
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  3. deaddog

    deaddog

    A quick look at the chart didn't show a 2 day low. Had you set a target at 15.2. Then it's a good trade. If not then you didn't follow your plan. Maybe you need to contact Andrea Wylan
     
    #13     Jan 15, 2021
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  4. bone

    bone

    I trade futures and to be more specific a shit ton of futures spreads. But I started swing trading in earnest in 2006 and I've refined an approach since then.

    1. I think that it is very difficult for many mortals to swing trade and scalp simultaneously. There's a real temptation to overtrade. They are incompatible philosophies and styles. And over trading and micro managing is the number one killer of a performing swing trade position. YMMV, that's what I've come to learn over many years.

    2. You model data, you set your price targets for profit and stop-loss - and you get out. You take your piece out of the market and you move on and look for the next opportunity. You will never buy a bottom or sell a top so get used to it. You take the very best risk/reward you can and that's that. Of course when you take a profit the market will keep running. Get used to it. You are working with historical data - emphasis on historical.

    3. You need a trading system and everyone treats position management as an afterthought. This is biggest mistake that I see with new clients and other traders that I've observed through the years.

    I'm not passing judgement on anyone and I would never tell someone to ditch a trading style that makes money over a protracted period of time. I wish everyone good fortune !
     
    #14     Jan 15, 2021
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  5. deaddog

    deaddog

    There is also the temptation to turn a scalp into a swing trade to avoid a loss.
     
    #15     Jan 15, 2021
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  6. KCalhoun

    KCalhoun

    Great points. I'll test using different brokerage accounts entirely for discipline, eg long term swing in tda vs daytrading/short term swings in fidelity. I'll only let myself log into tda on weekends
     
    #16     Jan 15, 2021
  7. %%
    Good points.
    I dont think he is limited to a 2 day chart, even though he uses that a lot.
    Good points on targets...................................................................................
    KC, good profits on your last buy friday/sell monday inverse etf. Buying spxu again.
    ON inverse ETFS or single stocks, better to sell to soon;
    or profits could easy go up in smoke.
    Markets can change completely+ while i dont expect stock markets to change much \FEB + MAR tends to always be weak. Washing ton DC real estate has changed a ton + may never recover
     
    #17     Jan 15, 2021
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  8. KCalhoun

    KCalhoun

    SOXS semi inverse strong, am holding it UVXY SQQQ TZA light size into weekend plus cannabis :D
     
    #18     Jan 15, 2021
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