What to tell people I do instead of saying Day trading?

Discussion in 'Psychology' started by traderday321, Jul 4, 2022.

  1. If you are looking for a good day trade, you never know when they will happen but I think the first two hours of the trading day and the last two hours are the best for finding opportunities like these opportunities in TSLA Friday afternoon into the close. ET likes to see proof so here are my TSLA purchases. Sorry, couldn't resist the opportunity to brag to you a bit Easymon as we have several communications back and forth. This is the exception not the rule in my trading.

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    #131     Jul 31, 2022
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  2. easymon1

    easymon1

    Congrats!
     
    #132     Jul 31, 2022
  3. d08

    d08

    Working on some software projects for myself. Mentioning that I'm semi-retired gets even more questions, doesn't work.
     
    #133     Jul 31, 2022
  4. easymon1

    easymon1

    Would you say you enter more trades in the AM or the PM judging by your records?
     
    #134     Jul 31, 2022
  5. AM, although that was not the case on Friday
     
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    #135     Jul 31, 2022
  6. easymon1

    easymon1

    are you on east coast time? Daily charts? Long only?
     
    #136     Jul 31, 2022
  7. 1. Central Time
    2. I use TOS Grid of Daily, 98 Min, 60 Min, 30 Min, 15 Min and 10 Min
    3. Both Calls and Puts, I still have Sierra Charts and AMP but have gravitated away from futures to stock options plus SPY and QQQ.
    4. Day Trade Only now as I got tired of getting hurt with gap openings against my position

    As you know Easymon, I have tried several different things over the last few years but this is where I have landed.
     
    #137     Jul 31, 2022
  8. easymon1

    easymon1

    Thanks for the update man.
    That's a lot of timeframes.
    How's golf and grandkids doing?
     
    #138     Jul 31, 2022
  9. I concentrate on the 30, 15, and 10 for trading but I like to have the bigger time frames available with a click.

    Golf is horrible, I love the beautiful courses and trash talking friends, but I play poorly.

    Grandkids are wonderful. I heard someone say awhile back the reason Grandparents and Grandkids get along so well is that they have a common enemy. :D
     
    #139     Jul 31, 2022
  10. Overnight

    Overnight

    Guys, ENOUGH! This is what you say when asked about day trading!



    End of line.
     
    #140     Jul 31, 2022