Tips and Techniques for SCALPING?

Discussion in 'Strategy Building' started by warrenbuffet, Nov 9, 2005.

  1. Hi fellas,

    Anyone care to share some tips or techniques on scalping? I've just started doing this and would love to learn from some of the more experienced traders.

    Right now, i am still in the training period. but most of my training is basically done by trading in the simulation on my own, utilizing the NYSE Specialist Limit Order OpenBook, and the box that shows all the trades and executions.

    Being that yesterday was only my second day, so i have not picked up too much on how to notice trends, and when to exactly know when i should buy or sell.

    However, one thing i did learned was that a lot of times, the orders right before the last print will have an ask price about 1 cent higher than the last print price, ... so normally when i spot this, i will jump right in following that last print price and sell my stock short and try to catch the wave for a few cents. (is this the right idea?) =D

    And how do you know exactly when to go the opposite way and start buying back the shares? when the conditions are the opposite... for example, when the orders of bid prices are 10 cents lower than the last print price?

    If anyone have any more tips or techniques on scalping I would love to hear about them and learn how exactly they're done.


    By the way, does anyone know of any good books or web sites on this particular trading method?

    And how is this scalping strategy compared to swing trade, tech analysis and chart studies?
     
  2. Hi warren non buffet

    Here a 2 genuine Warren Buffet tips:

    tip #1: Never lose any money;
    tip #2: Never forget tip #1.

    hope this helps
    nononsense
     
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  4. i got that email today too. he must have found us through elite.

     
  5. ok that's great. but can we get back to the subject now? hehe You've just ruined my post =D
     
  6. The December issue of Active Trader magazine will have an article on DAX scalping.
     
  7. what is dax exactly?

    also, what would be the ideal magazine or any source of publications or newspaper for someone doing scalping? I'm looking to get a good source of info since i dont have cable so i dont have access to good shows on cnbc or jim cramer's. =\

    i can get the wallstreet journal for 25% off though... i'm thinking whether or not to get that as well.
     
  8. the wall street journal for scalping? lol. first clue warren buffet would never scalp stocks.
    if you really want to scalp stocks for pennies you dont need to know much of the fundamentals about them. for scalping you just look at the stock action.
     
    #10     Nov 10, 2005