Recent Content by toucan

  1. Failure to understand risk/reward and why you're losing as a trader.

    i cant remember where i got this but have used it in the past to check profitability of the system that im using [ATTACH]
    Post by: toucan, Jan 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM in forum: Trading

  2. I like trading. Who wants to try something new?

    IanMacQuaide and i met with you at pete's coffee in alamo around the end of november 2012 and discussed how you traded at the time.... we are old,...
    Post by: toucan, Dec 7, 2024 in forum: Trading

  3. I like trading. Who wants to try something new?

    Why you only traded very liquid stocks? Intuitively I would think illiquid has less randomness vs very liquid means more randomness? Back when i...
    Post by: toucan, Dec 6, 2024 in forum: Trading

  4. I like trading. Who wants to try something new?

    at the time he was trading illiquid stocks and i was trading only very liquid stocks cheers toucan
    Post by: toucan, Dec 5, 2024 in forum: Trading

  5. I like trading. Who wants to try something new?

    we had lunch, a good discussion and went on our separate ways
    Post by: toucan, Dec 3, 2024 in forum: Trading

  6. I like trading. Who wants to try something new?

    i didnt take a job with him but i'm still trading :)
    Post by: toucan, Dec 3, 2024 in forum: Trading

  7. What to do when take profit price retraces away?

    Are you saying that you are trading multiple contracts and as the trade gains more profits you have multiple profit points where you take partial...
    Post by: toucan, May 13, 2024 in forum: Automated Trading

  8. What to do when take profit price retraces away?

    Post by: toucan, May 13, 2024 in forum: Automated Trading

  9. Datek --> Ameritrade --> Eliminated by Schwab.

    Me too... 97 & 98
    Post by: toucan, May 10, 2024 in forum: Retail Brokers

  10. All traders are trend traders :)

    i wrote my own zig zag indicator. :) thanks for the input toucan
    Post by: toucan, May 5, 2024 in forum: Trading

  11. All traders are trend traders :)

    see my reply to "traider" above thanks for providing what you do toucan
    Post by: toucan, May 5, 2024 in forum: Trading

  12. All traders are trend traders :)

    Here is how i define trend trading and the inputs from historical and real time data My “trends” are defined by my initial stoploss “R”. A trend...
    Post by: toucan, May 5, 2024 in forum: Trading

  13. All traders are trend traders :)

    i agree. but once you are in then you expect price to move/trend in the direction of the trade. cheers toucan
    Post by: toucan, May 5, 2024 in forum: Trading

  14. All traders are trend traders :)

    another good point that i hadn't thought of. thanks toucan
    Post by: toucan, May 5, 2024 in forum: Trading

  15. All traders are trend traders :)

    good point :)
    Post by: toucan, May 4, 2024 in forum: Trading