So I never realized how hard this actually is. I've got everything I need. I have a margin account. I have QuoteTracker (thanks to the...
I would assume that scalpers would run into this more than people that don't trade as frequently, but assuming you haven't checked "mark to...
I am a complete noob to Forex but not to trading stocks. I've flipped through a couple books on Forex at the store but they all sucked. They...
Sorry if this is the wrong forum. So I'm gonna sign a margin agreement with Scottrade, but I'm looking it over, and I have a few questions....
I don't have $25k in my account, so I can't access ScottradeELITE. All I have access to is the Scottrader Streaming Quotes trading package and...
I was just paper trading today (I'm on PTO all week from my job). Take a look at my pic. At the first arrow, I would have bought. It was a...
DDM is a 2x long Dow index. In other words, if the Dow goes up 2%, DDM goes up 4%. If the Dow goes down 2%, DDM goes down 4%. So what...
or maybe I have the concept wrong. I was reading something talking about taking opposite positions at the same time and referring to that as...
Can you own SPY and SSO at the same time? I mean they're both kinda the same thing... If you buy SPY and sell it at a loss, and then buy SSO...
When someone says "you need at least x amount of money to day trade successfully," are they referring to after the 4:1 margin rate or not. When...
I've been paper trading for a while now, and swing/long term trading with real money from a Scottrade account for about 1.5 years now, but before...
I like to play roulette. I usually use a Martinegale betting system, but under the wrong circumstances it can wipe out your whole "account" in...
Chart from finance.yahoo.com. I would have expected a big uptrend after the first one, but it didn't really come. But after the second one,...
I'm pretty sure daytrading doesn't provide health benefits. What kind of health insurance do you guys have? edit - I'm currently unemployed...
My apologies if this is the wrong forum. Is there a site where you can use a practice account to try out daytrading strategies? Preferrably...
< noob > I was thinking, say your margin interest rate is 10%. So if you held a position open using margin for an entire year, and you made...
Their website is www.power-trend.com. It looks like it's just an EMA crossover system (when the red line is above the blue line, buy), etc....
I thought I remembered reading here that the "average" daytrader makes a couple trades per day (1-3 round trips). But I just read over on Swift...
I'm a newbie to all of this. Sorry if this has been covered before. I have an account with Scottrade (I'm not a day trader), and it says there...
Hi, I'm a noob to trading. I've seen a lot of talk of entry and exit points, but I feel like sometimes people are arbitrarily picking their exit...
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