Take notice of high Beta when choosing a stock. Many stocks exhibit similar patterns to the general market on intraday. (Especially bank stocks.)...
Some stocks trade for over $100. It probably would not look suspicious for retail traders to odd lot these. (Although such stocks usually have...
Trader924: It's TD Waterhouse. I know about IB now, of course, but I'm inclined to move the account to Cybertrader. I do like to keep some mutual...
Well you're right, I tried it again today and go whipsawed all over the place. But I knew going in, it would be a difficult day to trade....
Who says "eight is enough?" Here are some examples (lots more possibilities out there on the internet, tho') <img...
Yeah, after I posted that message, I made one more profitable scalp, followed by one that could have been profitable... but I waited too long....
I've been doing swing trading for the last 6 months, basically breaking even for my efforts. (Maybe I'm just not patient enough to let profits...
Well, I'm conservative in assessing a counter-move. I wouldn't expect such a strong uptrend to drop below it's moving average. But I have to...
If you examine charts of the S&P or Dow, versus a short moving average or an envelope channel, things sure look overbought from a short term...
It is just today's holy grail. The trading in another decade will have discarded it.
I think we need a poll as to whether he should be allowed to post another poll
I started trading in 1993, trying to short my own employer's stock. No inside knowledge. No technical analysis. Just "Hey, look how high it is!...
I had thought that a $12.95 per trade was a great deal, compared to the $40 to $200 (yes! $200) trades I remember from years ago. But, I'm...
Up, but maybe not so large a rise as today. (Gaps in the broad indexes are almost never reversed on the following day.)
I swear, if it wasn't for dividends to patch over all my screwup trades, I'd just be keeping it under a mattress! :p I agree, though, that if...
Ahhh, uptrends. Back in the days when people were saying stocks were no riskier than bonds.... That earnings didn't matter... Dividends didn't...
There are two big problems with most "exotic" options strategies, for the commoner. One is option commission. I'm probably like most people,...
Although until I open a deep discount account somewhere, I'm probably gonna stick to conservative stock picks. Right now I'm just buying fat...
I guess I was just doing my best to figure out how to give the option writers my money :D Seriously, though, I can see the utility of a long...
It took me a while to realize what you're saying. I had gotten myself into thinking the maximum loss was $1.6. But now I see your point. If...
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