hi TaoWave,
thanks for the feedback.
I'm indeed a swing trader.
so you are suggesting that we can get some index puts and hedge it against our position?
any particular strategy to that?
Any in depth or more detail stuff about that?
Thanks.
Thanks wave.
What's the Margin-to-Equity ratio that you would suggest?
But to be honest, even if we don't use any market, if 911 were to happen again, i beleive most overnight portfolios would have be almost grounded to zero, dun you think so?
Hi Jeb,
thanks for the feedback.
But i think you got me wrong.
No, I'm not saying that I'm afraid of loosing money.
I'm prepared to loose the initial Risk (R) on my trades, as they are part of my business cost. But loosing almost the entire chunk of my portfolio???
That's what I'm...
The more i think about it, the more i'm afraid of getting my whole account burnt, and that's why, I would like to talk about this topic, and listen to everyone else's opinion.
Let's use my case as an example.
My 1R(initial stop) value is normally 2% of my portfolio.
And I only allow 6% of...
<p>Updates:-<br /><br />TWC get stopped out - breakeven.<br />PTEN & EQT's stop pushed up to break even.<br />ISCA & ESEA stop remains at initial stop.<br /><br /></p><p><img border="0" width="411" src="http://papertrader.textmalaysia.com/upload_files/7/417/6063/pten06jun2008.png"...
Entered ISCA and ESEA last nite.<br />Won't be watching anything tonight, as I have just unleaded my last piece of bullet.<br /><br />Here's the updates:-<br /><br />ISCA: initial SL @ 42.70<br />ESEA: iniatial SL @ 14.80<br />TWC: Trail SL @ 30.11<br />EQT: SL unchanged @ 69.16<br />PTEN: Trail...