Recent content by Sharko

Does anyone else have as many problems as I do with Alphatrade? Any time there is volume in the market I can't flip my charts, it says "null". I have to kill the charts in task manager and restart them. Lately it has gotten so bad that my charts freeze about 35% of the time. I try to contact...

This type of thing has been happening for a while. The specialist won't show you what he has. Big orders will appear on one side of the level 2 and will get printed even though he's not showing anything on the other side. Apparently he doesn't have to show you what he has. The level 2 is...

I usually trade using a defult of 1000. If I really like my position I will get more. I mainly trade stocks between 20 - 40$ that have higher volatility. I usually have an exit point in mind before I enter the position but I always re-evaluate the trade once I'm in. On an average day I will do...

AMD tends to follow TXN. Figure out what TXN is doing and you'll figure out what AMD will do.

I pay attention to the S&P's and I look at retracements. For example, if a stock has retraced more than 50% of the initial move it is a safe bet it will go back to its original point. I also pay attention to supports and resistances.

I've been trading NYSE for 2 years now and I can tell you the only way you'll learn how to trade is by trading. You will learn very little of value from reading books.