Should I stay or should I close?
That is a very good idea, one position would take care of dealing in ranging /narrow markets( the problem for swing traders) and the other...
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Pending buy stop 113.25 stop 50 target 100
Euro wants to trend higher to 1.50 115?
Take a look at the following back tests for euro /usd from 2001 to 2010, using 20 stop and 22 target , the losses are due to the spread. Even a...
Have you tried adding more positions?I have gone further and added upto 75 positions , yet my drawdown never exceeds 5 % of my equity , and I can...
It is a difficult one to answer.They are two different types of traders , with different mindsets.They may not trust the overnight markets and...
Here is another image showing more chop during the day time,and easier trends during the night.This is not helpful for day traders.
If day trader has designed a system with small stops and small targets ,when the discretionary day trader trades on instincts in fast moving...
If market is moving fast , you won't get filled with limit orders on your momentum trades. Most slippage occurs on stop levels and stops,...
Interesting study and how does this affects day trading set ups and patterns?...
2 pip spread on 10 pip profit is 20% of effort goes to broker.Then you get hit with slippage ,front running and hft many more times than swing...
If m/a cross is positive the new short trade at 50 c can't be a valid trade , if the cross is negative the new long trade after last trade is...
It has followed the euro/usd
I don't like the choppy market , out +20(late on exit call) Euro was coming off, so exited
Long 111.83 stop 40 target 80
Long crude pending order at 112.70 stop 50 target 100 expiry eod mbe 50
I have three systems.One system is fully automated, occasionally I will exit positions manually on it.Everything else is automated.There are 44...
$100k More over trading and over leveraging happens when you access to more money.You can't do it when you have no capacity to do so.
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