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week 003 update: start capital @ week 003 - 3840 (week 003) / 2861 (start) end capital @ week 003 - 4118 profit/Loss: 278 $ profit / 1257 $ profit % profit/Loss : 9 % (profit) / 44 % (profit) % daily avg - 3.6 % (profit) summary: has been a lucky week overall i guess. were just 3...

thanks seikyo, no- i do not go in for that many lots in one trade. the day end summary adds up all trades of the day. i usually have some 6/8 trades on any given day. off late i cannot buy on limit order as broker execution is taking minutes !!! so i go market orders (takes 30 seconds !!!) and...

week 002 update: start capital @ week 002 - 3885 (week 002) / 2816 (start) end capital @ week 002 - 3819 profit/Loss: -66 $ loss / 1003 $ profit % profit/Loss : -1.69 % (loss) / 35 % (profit) % daily avg - 3.8 % (profit) next update end of week 003 - next week - just 4 trading days -...

just to clarify - trying to be consistent at making at least 1% on an average per day of the start capital. of course there will be days that i make more or less than the 1%. but the key is not to let the overall average per day slip below the 1 % mark. or did i misunderstand what you were...

i trade the Indian markets and we have a holiday on the 02nd april ie thursday. The holiday/closure is exclusive to the NSE / Indian markets.

next week has just 4 trading days. let me see how monday opens :

week 001 analysis: start capital - 2816 end capital - 3865 profit - 1004 % overall - 35% % daily avg - 7% nifty range analysis best trading day - day 003 ie Wednesday. i was up almost 300$ but three consecutive trades caught me on the wrong foot and i had to exit on a big...

week 001 update: (changed all figures to $) overall summary day wise - trade wise - i just took a average margin price of the lot but it is actually higher now from the excel table this is where the end of the week looks like

very true suntrader, i did well last week given the fact that margin requirements have been skyrocketing due to the absurd levels of volatility. they even stopped margin trading on a few days so that meant i was trading with not more than 25% of firepower in a way. but then if one did get...

yes, i have a 1:1. risk reward. i am banking on my winning days outnumbering my losing days. each losing day will bleed me bad i know. but there will be losing days too. so the only way to offset this is to take one or two big winners a week to cushion the fall on a losing day. here is an...

1% of the daily start capital (not 1% of the day 1 start capital) that way i end up with some 9900$ net profit at the end of 150 days which is roughly a closing capital of 12500$ (start is 2800$) day Cap net net %age DAY 001 2861 29 1.00 DAY 002 2890 29 1.00 DAY 003 2919 29 1.00 DAY 004...

hello trdes, true - as a day trader the target is pretty low. but what i was looking for is consistency. say over a 100/150 days can i keep and sustain that 1% a day. yes, like you mention - it is an easy road for now. no slippage, no order limitations to bother about. also true that long...

hi all, day trading experience - 2.6 years of day trading trading instrument - index (India) - nifty futures (NSE) only style of trading - pure day trading (all positions squared off and no positional) start capital - 206000 inr (2800 usd approx) duration - 150 trading days target - 1% net...