Recent content by mropp

I've taken a small beating with my dive into futures despite a lot of preparation. But that's OK, back to the drawing board for that instrument. On a positive note though, my stock day trading, swings and long terms have been doing just fine. I have been looking for improvements over what I...

Thanks for suggestions... I'll try again Monday to see if it was just dynamics I had not experienced yet on Friday, or some mental block I was having (it was birthday the day before and perhaps I was mentally fatigued from a long night). If Monday gives me similar troubles I'll go back to the...

I used to swing AT strategies that worked well during the bull. For discretionary, it is quite simple. I have about 5 stocks I play regularly, they are quite consistent in how they behave, which may be more to do with the lack of gaming compared to others. They trend long and hard on a near...

When looking at the day chart in a macro sense, it all looks like a fairly easy day in hindsight. However, if you look at the range on the bars, or shorten down the CV number, or small ticks, you will see that there was either a lot of volatility or gaming by strong hands. For instance...

Ok, maybe someone can offer some insight on today to see if I need to go back to the drawing board or if today was just a rough water to navigate... I am pretty successful with day trading stocks. In fact, I'm not sure why I am drawn to index futures given the disparity between my performance...

Hi, I'm looking for some insight into IB vs TS. Obviously IB has better fees than TS, but those are really negligible IMO if there is a advantage over: Software Order Flexibility and Execution Data At a glance, TS software looks more mature, but is it more extensive also? TS has...

What broker are you using that is allowing you to short IPOs?

Up $5,300 today. Had one chance play payoff and after that was on the wrong side of everything or it would be higher. Last two days a relief from back to back losses of the two before totaling $2,200. I'm looking for lots of red tomorrow unless we get cut or some other drastic prop. Finding...

Hi All, I am starting a journal here to vet my trading strategies, reference my past and future mistakes and triumphs, and to gain insight and opinion from successful traders that can hopefully lead to my own successful trading pattern over time. I figure there are countless others that...