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fx markets are full of professionals and the commission is higher than intraday stocks in case of hifger than 10 leverage. I have no capital to trade fx less than 10 leveage. I have no edge to fight against banks. small stock markets with one or two liquid stock in each can be more prpfitable.

Hello, I would like to collect stocks and markets used by traders to extend the daily trading period. e.g. with one broker u can trade daytime local market (usa), evening asia, nightime europe. (of course u may use automated or delegated excecution) e.g. which are the favorit liquid...

I get interested to trade again. THE FIRST TIMe EVER I FIND a system and prooved to WORK even with comission accounted too!!! Intraday open range break out for entry, but exit is small secret of mine (not the original EOD close). There are some EQ with good results both in and out...

About coin flipping. I use it to test simple trading system permissions performance vs to the random noise. E.g. Pivot support or resistance can be tested to know, how strong barriers are that. You buy et fix price (e.g. support+0.1 ATR(7), sell buyprice+/- ATR(7). compare this win/lost...

Except when you going to sleep while your position is opened.

just think it over. no 100% win trading system exit. Trades are executed in x% success (win) rate. You need to adjust your trading position to your acrual trading win/loss rate to avoid burned out and maximised profit. Money management more important then trading rules! I think, trading...

Depend from the market and timeframe: 1. liquid market with hours our above time frame I use hard stop to protect my self from waiting too mutch to exit. 2. Scalping (less than 15 min time frame) I keep contol on hand with no hard stop to exit when I feel to whant. Continuous market...

thanks all your response. One of you said to take into account risk/reward. It is helped me a lot. I need to take this more seriously, because I usually stoped by pattern(broken support), not by profit/lost target. I traded to mechanicaly, even for scenarios when the pattern are to narrow...

"I think you are looking for answers in the wrong area. You are seeking answers in logic and reasons area of your intellect for creating a strategie that will give you profits. " I ready to accept that trading for living is an ART. e.g. nobody can teach you to draw or paint a picture like...

I understand what you mean. But i point out, that i m not a spontenaus trader. I followed strategies. Mainly bolinger breakouts, and scaling up for trends. Sometimes I scalped against on a 1min or 5 min charts to support/resistance. I have stops and targets. But i m loosing on a longer track...

"If you have to ask on ET for help to decide if you should quit, can you work out what that means?" I m living from my job, not from trading. Trading is interesting to me, because: trends and analysis are similar to my job (engineer), quick response to trends are also similar to my job...

First, I spend ~2 years with stock trading (even intradeys) , more than 150 trades excecuted. Result: -25%. Without commision is: -2%. I have read many books, tested many own and others strategy by Amibroker. Papertrade by oanda.com. I cannot win:( What I can learned: 1. ATR and...

I wanna sell one of my trading book about Bolinger breakout strategy: Philippe Cahen: Dynamic Technical Analysis. Give quotation pls.