30 day momentum on the SPX 500 is not particulary high at the moment, just over 1%....
"If I wouldn't have a single position on and someone shows me a S&P or nasdaq chart I'd be short the next second, so while it may be self...
Gamblingman, I suggest it may be worth looking at psychological aspects of your trading. It is not unknown for a trader to be prone to 'self -...
Yes as I say, every trader is different. BPS = basis points. 100 BPS = 1%. My daily target is 100 BPS.
"Did you mean to let the first trade go 10 points against you?" Well I held that one overnight, so it could have gone a lot more against me. My...
Results for 2014 Intraday vs overnight: [ATTACH]
No, I will often carry positions for several days, weeks even. I attribute my high win rate to a couple of factors: 1 I trade a very small list...
Hmmm... that's got to hurt. I absolutely HATE to have a losing day trading, but a losing week is pretty much a disaster for me. Fortunately I...
JTrades, I used to trade via CFDs, but for smallish size, the commissions kill the P&L. Here are this week's trades on AAL: [ATTACH] SB...
Summary Week Ended Friday 22nd August 2014 17 Stock Trades: 14 AAL + 244.11 BPS 3 BLT + 22.84 BPS 13 long trades: + 253.83 BPS. 4 short...
Well done, great performance.
I don't wish to sound negative, but if you can't beat the index, then it would seem better to just invest in a tracker fund.
Seems to me that the markets rally & you lose money. Why not cut the trade size on short trades by 75% ? Or just trade on the long side ....?
Not if he is consistently beating the index in his trading.
I takr my hat off to anyone who can monitor 300 positions...
It might be interesting to compare your weekly P&L to the change in the SPX500. This week I have the SPX up 23.47 points or 1.22%. I try to beat...
Summary Week Ended Friday 15th August 2014 12 Stock Trades: 11 AAL + 126.31 BPS 1 BLT + 4.96 BPS 8 long trades: + 101.02 BPS. 2 short trades:...
"I understand the idea of letting winners run. With a nice account, once could easily trade 3 cars, and pull a car or two out for some profits,...
The deletion of images from the journals shows a complete lack of respect for ET members. People post on ET because they think that their posts...
Images have been removed from my journal posts. Why can't people just leave things alone ....?
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