Recent content by sowterdad

Exceeded the Edit limit in the prior post- long winded- but the essence of Trend trading is to not simply seek out multiple losing entries and hope for a win- and ride that win for much higher gains- but it is also about seeking those areas of market momentum - be versatile- while the...

Back to the Thread- This will be long -but I'll Try to keep it to the Subject ...Trend Trading. It's not all that complicated unless you choose to make it so by your own psychology and limitations- Random doesn't work - Or perhaps on a day trader's time frame it possibly could- but not on higher...

I have to apologize for misrepresenting my gains for this YTD- I hate to have misrepresented my actual net results-as total gains across ALL accounts. Too easy to focus on the pluses- and that last glass of cab no doubt..helped. It was an unnecessary statement to begin with.... The only...

Just a brief moment to step into the discussion- haven't been back here for quite a while- Busy with the Day job!!! About Swing Trading-I'd like to contribute back, to other traders- as my periodic visits here at ET have been formative- albeit sporadic & over a longer period of slow & gradual...

Good point- (total actual returns after..costs...)Also worth comparisom is the "long term" historical results once all of the expense ratios, commissions, 12-b-1 fees, and "other" are factored in. A true index tracking fund has very low fees as active management is not necessary in an...

Congratulations to all of you that called this back at the beginning of this thread!

" "After five years of struggling as a trader all I can do is cling to the diminishing hope that my dreams are not dead." Are all of your dreams only achieved through trading? Unfortunate if that is the sole focus. Perhaps pause, make a shift, and reset the focus away from yourself. And...

This am I was also seeking to learn something about Options- The short video clips here were entertaining, very simply presented, and visually informative about some of the very basic concepts- such as illustrating terms-ITM, OTM, Decay up through videos in chapter 4. I did not get to watch...

From an investment point of view- The advantage of Robo funds are the very low costs and asset diversification they may offer-and the disciplined and unemotional approach- particularly over a longer term . Years-and not months. After listening to John Bogle via Vanguard & You tube videos- I...

You are welcome Swift. Points well made -we each choose to interpret what we want to think is valid-through our own perspective. This would seem to also be true in trading -we favor what we choose to believe= or to see. Plan B was a poor choice of words- - We should have a...

The delay in responding: I have been off-line for weeks-intentionally allocating my time to those things that carry a higher priority ; taking a leave from trading, investing, the financial news channel, etc. My time and interests have been fragmented for some time due to demands at...

...............deleted the earlier part of this rant..........prosperity as baby boomers reach the age of entitlement, our once stable manufacturing industry has long since gone overseas- and Americans- while still a world economic powerhouse- lag in adapting to the powerful forces that...

Doing a post-mortem of the TWM & SKF trades- Entry was good- reason for the entry was valid- and close to support- allowing a defined Point of Failure. Started off nicely with a gap move higher on the following open- which i had the unusual opportunity to view in real time - i had a lot of...

I hadn't had a chance to catch up fully on the lesson i was served by the market this week- A little bit of hubris deserves a smack down - Too late for any charts- and today was flat out busy- and no time for reflection earlier. Summing up the 3 trades i made this week- I took an early entry...