I am so mad at myself... hit 2 trades and up 6 points on ES by 11:24 CST.... do I stop because I hit my daily goal... of course not! end up -2...
no actually it does. This was one of my biggest mistakes of the past.... a failure to take a profit and exit. This type of order gives me an...
It's simple. Just explained how OCO limit orders changed it all fir me.
Thank you neke. Exactly my point. The declines are much easier to trade. It's a shame that the average investors have never done any shorting....
I understand the short squeeze but Only a fraction of the volume in the equity markets are shorts. Especially when we're talking anout retail...
Well the replies have been interesting. I didn't know It was such a controversy. We can all make money long or short it really doesn't matter...
I totally agree. Much higher probability to nail three trades for two points each rather than trying to hit some kind of homerun. Overtime I've...
I mean the second example you gave. So there's automatically two orders after my entry. One for profit and one for stop. And yes once executed...
The article I put a link on says it's three times. Whatever it is I just know from experience that things fall apart much faster than they go up....
I knew this but wanted some data to back it up. This is why I love the shorts. Even on a intraday basis I'm sure this is true. I'm still...
Oh I accept that. 3-4 points per day would be phenomenal. Last time I was live I worked myself up to 10 contract trades. With my current rules...
I will be going live again in the next few months. The last time I was trading in the ES was August 2015. I've been in Sim mode for many months...
What I really meant is that shorts appear to become profitable trades faster and more reliably then the long. This is just personal observation....
First off I'm so glad I found this form. I have nobody to talk toabout trading. Even my friends that think their experienced inestors can't...
No my stops are only getting hit on 20% of my trades. Long vs short, I'd have to look at my trade journal, but i tend to prefer the shorts. Look...
Sim VS. Real Trading Okay, I trade the S&P mini... been out of market for almost 2 years. I have been in Sim mode now for over 6 months, and doing...
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