Trading can make you Nuts!!

After 8 years I am still trading, that is a miracle in itself. I have been challenged mentally more than any non-trader could ever imagine. I am so much less emotional than I was before about trading. I trade WAY less now than ever.

BUT... I still suffer from all the crazy stuff,,,, "should I day trade" "swing trade" "how about options" "what about ETFs?" and so forth...then there is the "woulda Shoulda Coulda"

anyway,,, only those here on this forum will relate to what I am talking about. Nobody in my life, except one friend who used to trade, gets it...

 

What would you say are three vital pieces of how you enter and exit trades?
https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...ive-in-trading-day.206845/page-2#post-2957645

 

And to think.... you have traded during one of the easiest times in the market's history.

 

Sucks. I just do one thing and do it well

 

me too...but it does not stop me from making myself crazy with the "what if" scenarios

 

currently I am trading on a 1hr chart, holding for days at a time, focused on SPY, QQQ, IWM, USO... using the "super trend" indicator. I zoom out to 4hr for direction long or short.

 

1 hour chart leaves Plenty of Time to get some trading done...
Why not give this a look etf-wise to see how one wild-man gets busy in the am?
Free LIVE ROOM access Wed/Thur March 30-31 with Ken Calhoun
https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...h-30-31-with-ken-calhoun.366085/#post-5570425
Did I mention FR double E?

 

yeah check it out i try to run it like a squawk box/seminar format... never a dull moment lol, plus lots of smart traders, like the guy who gave us HOOD today ... and Zero sales pitch

 

Nuts ... as in start topic after topic after .....

 

You need to develop a trading system/plan, then you won't go crazy as much.