Recent content by jkortman

I've done pretty well scalping, but it will burn you out. Sometimes your style of trading changes without you realizing it. However, you have to do what's best in your ability to make money. Every quarter you should look at yourself and figure out where you need to make improvements.

I'm not doing as well during these summer months as I did in the winter, but I have still managed to make decent money to still save and live comfortably. However, it has been very frustrating indeed. My style has made me a scalper. My problems have been my swings. My up days are good, but...

The firm I am employed at, experienced severe quote discrepancies today after the Fed made the decision to not hike up rates. Did anyone else suffer problems. If so what firm? It's becoming more apparent that speed and reliability in the technology we choose to trade with is the single most...

Who cares what women think of our profession. As long as your making money and treating them well they should be happy. I vowed never to back to corporate again, unless I own one. Besides, I have problems meeting women who make decent money anyway.

It seems like you crashed and burned without really taking off. I always say your one trade away from your last trade. It takes a year to make money that is enough to support yourself financially in this profession. It seems like you never had the proper guidance to get yourself going in the...

When you decide to become a prop trader, you are deciding to embark on a career that would be similar to becoming a realtor, stock broker, or some other person that is chasing a hot independent profession, where your success is solely based on your performance. I'm new to this site, but I am a...