Recent content by Steve Alexander

Andrea, well said and true. Thanks.

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If you will email me (stev.alex@gmail.com), we can set up a meeting and discuss it. I have been trading over 50 years, and programming over 20. I use TradeStation. I have written and back tested over 200 strategies.

I've been timing the markets for over 50 years. I lost money the first 14 years. Since then, I have made a profit every year. The most recent 4 years I have made over 100% profit each year. Next year? We'll see.

I've been timing the market for over 50 years. Lately I've been making about 150% profit per year. The least I have made during any year was 2008. I made only 11% that year.

I recommend Andrea Wylan. She has been coaching traders on trading psychology for several years. She's good. I think she is a subscriber here. Google her.

I think it's important to distinguish two kinds of goals: 1)results goals, and 2) action goals. You can't control results goals; you can control action goals. For example, if your goal is to make a profit of 5% per month, you cannot control that, and you are likely to fail. OTOH if your goal is...

I think I am "successful." I have not had a year-over-year loss since 1984. From 1984 to 2019, I made about 20-30% per year. Since 2019, I have been making about 150% per year. I have no "mentor," but I have several traders that I have paid attention to over the years. Most notable is Larry...

I don't know what Sam is doing nowadays, but when he was with Online Trading Academy, I learned his method, and I have been using it ever since. It works for me. I only trade daily bars of ETFs, and I have more than doubled my trading account in 2019 as well as 2020. 2021 is profitable this...

EMOTION.

THAN the sp500, NOT THEN the sp500

I've been making over 11% per month since June, 2019. All my trades were announced BEFORE I did them. This was not a simulation. I usually make only one trade (or none) per day. Most days, the trade is done about 8:00 AM, Pacific time. I have spreadsheets documenting the trades. I trade only...

Well done!

I made 141% ROE between June 2020, and now. I made 118 trades, and the average profit per trade was 3%. The biggest gainer was 9%, and the biggest loser was 10%.