Recent content by rationaldaytrader

Thank you for all your responses. I'm going to answer all of them in this post: I understand that the market has a bias for long trades (some platforms don't even allow you to short while others have limited inventories) but I feel more comfortable shorting than going long. The thing is that...

I consistently destroy my account every couple of months by making the same mistake. I'll short a stock and the prices will go against my position by 30-40+ cents very quickly (my mental stop is usually 10-20 cents). Whenever this happens, I can't press the button and exit out of the trade...