most traders should be tuned into the market by 5 am pst to be prepared for the day getting done by 1pm pst has its benefits but it's a early rise & trading remote works trade the am & close & move on with your day , the west coast time zone is great
OK, I guess that sounded a bit off the wall (wouldn't be the first time, LOL). Our top performers tend to trade 50% automation, with openings and pairs. A few simply day trade the same stocks daily, but with focus on TICK's, Pivots (somewhat TA I guess), and their daily monitoring of the price volume movement. We just don't focus on all the detailed, and confusing TA stufff. With all respect to our friends who do, not saying anything really negative, just that, in my experience, the TA guys are generally waiting for too much justification, and the trades have gone by. That's why TA seems to be better for longer term investors, IMO, and not those trying to make living from trading. FWIW, Don