I always scale in and always scale out. If I get in and the trade goes in my favor I might add to it incrementaly 4 times. But if it goes...
Yup, I noticed Amex on the bid a few times with some decent size, kind of threw me for a loop.
dbphoenix, the best way to learn the odds is to "do it" i.e. gamble, trade, whatever. You have to differentiate between positive expectancy...
Seanote, Nvidia trade is confusing. Long at 12.40 less .65 for call plus 1.50 for put = 13.25 cost to be called away at 10. So you think stock...
dddooo, start out with the charts on a short term time frame. Find a method to initiate and exit trades. Pick one stock and watch it for a...
it doesn't suck if you are short
whenever I go on vacation, I land up watching CNBC and reading IBD/Journal since I miss the market. It is hard to really take a break from...
tampa, you are doing what is known in the gambling lingo as steaming. Slow down, stay with one lots, work on your methods, analyze what went...
daniel m, you crack me up!
If I have a good day, I am done by 8:30 sometimes (pacific).
e-mini wannabe, I like the posts with the chart setups. Looks pretty good btw I think you will do great tight stops, bigger wins is the name of...
There was a little bit of panic selling in Cisco today. The stock dropped from 9.18 to 8.84 around 8am (11 Eastern). Doesn't usually move that...
There is a site called Free Edgar which allows you to download the data into excel and then you can do whatever you want with it (build a model...
I trade cisco all day everyday. I occasionally trade MSFT,KLAC,QLGC,QCOM,AMGN But 95% of my trades are Cisco. I trade on average 100,000 shares...
Mr. Sub, good to see you are still there. I for one, would end my day and would always look for your journal to see how you are doing. Keep...
when a stock drops below 5 the margin rate changes (goes up). So the ensuing margin calls will really whack the stock good.
still looking sick. Good thing we didn't guess that previous move. Notice how it never took out the ma. Notice two red candles lower than...
Now the tape is looking a little better on the stock, It is very tempting to want to buy it here since Maybe this is the real break up through...
Gordon, Thank SE - he is the one that pointed this out to us
Now the stock is looking sicker than a dog. Good ole ma kept you out of trouble once again. BTW, cisco has negative news, is the only stock...
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