stocks are not mean reverting, that means something specific your just spreading bullshit to idiots too stupid to know any better
I daytrade the 5 minute timeframe, mainly the Dow, NAS100 or SPX500. I have recently been doing ok, using an automated system with occasional manual intervention, though I am working on limiting that to a minimum, as I have discovered I am a useless discretionary trader.
Sounds good. Which weekday gives your system the best yield on average? Wednesday here, so far in 2023.
I haven't investigated in detail, but my impression is I do best on a Monday (or a logical Monday as they used to say when I had a proper job - i.e. the first trading day after a holiday).
You're right, I will avoid using the term like this and it's technically incorrect. There tends to be a semantic difference to quants vs discretionary/idiot system traders (that I unfortunately remain), where mean reverting is a lazy way of saying propensity to a pull back (I assume you would simply call this high volatility compared to underlying trend in quant lingo). True, e.g. a stationary spread can be properly mean reverting in the quant sense whereas stocks are far from it under current market conditions. But this thread was not quant oriented, hence I got careless. And you're absolutely right I shouldn't be encouraging to use the term like this anyway. You're one of my favorite posters stochastix and I appreciate your retort even if mildly toxic as per your usual way of communication.
Testing your own ideas is like being your own psycho coach, or trying to lift yourself by bootstraps. I won't say it can't be done, but the usual best way of learning and changing is via a dirty four letter word, "pain".
fuuuuk u..and ill see ya tomorrow nice clarification tho.. nothing matters im in pain and grumpy per usual
If you are going to wait for a pullback at what point do you enter a trade. Say a stock breaks out at 100. Do you wait until it pulls back to less than 100?
%% No not in this market usually; AMZN did that this year/i found some things better. But they did buy it today around $98 area, so there can be more than one right answer