Recent content by joeltrades

Hello, I was just wondering if people have any data that shows that low floaters are likely to get short squeezed more both by amount and frequency. Is this true or am I imagining it? In particular I was wondering if adding a rule to my trading that prohibits shorting any stock with < 5 million...

Also I don't have enough losers to make up the PDT so rebalancing alone won't get me there. Thanks though!

The period to not trade is sort of short so I don't care. I'll transfer in kind. Thanks!

Thanks!

One of the obvious problems is taxation right? So if my long term investment had gain, then just the act of selling it in X and buying back Y will trigger tax? :( I might gradually sell investments which are losers and rebuy them but that'll take time.

That is kind of you to offer for me to call you. So I know its obvious but just to be doubly sure - if my long-term equity (not cash) ever cause the a/c to below 25k while those equities are being held, then I get back to being under PDT, correct? I guess that's the risk of not having the 25k in...

Hi, So I have 2 accounts. One at broker X and another at Y. I use broker X only for long term investments, things I would never sell any time soon. In broker Y, I only have cash for day trading. Unfortunately, Y is a margin account and has less than 25k triggering the PDT rule. Does the PDT...

haha, I'm right next to UVA...

Hi, After trying many different strategies for more than 6 months, it feels like there's no one winning strategy that mostly works. Some strategies work really well for a few weeks, and then go through a cold period - both on the long and short side, small or large caps. Books like "Trading in...

Trading can be pretty boring and discouraging and having a trading buddy to trade with can help. Would love to connect with similar people in the northern VA area and maybe we can actively day-trade in person together once in a while and bounce ideas. Chat rooms don't really offer the same...

Thanks ET fam!!!