Recent content by TradingGal

Thanks. I have no intention of ever becoming a "day trader" the way that most people define the term. However, I probably will become one as the SEC defines the term. I intend to continue what I am doing, which is trading off of a formula I created a couple of years ago, and which I run each...

I'm willing to lay it all out, and this is only real trades -- does not include any of those golden "trades that got away." I started trading in 2006 with an account that had $2000. I did some day-trading and some swing-trading, always mindful not to trigger the pattern day-trading rule. I...

In the beginning, it is 90% (or more) psychology for most people. But then I think that over time, experience replaces that. Your analysis is probably still only a smaller portion, and then the experience is what guides you. There is little room for psychological factors if you have solid...

If you are paying taxes, that means you made money. Here's hoping I will be paying huge amounts of taxes this year!!!!! Actually, I look forward to paying my estimated taxes on my trading earnings.....I always like to see that the check I am writing to the IRS is bigger than the check I...

Lack of technology to run the scans I want to run on an intraday, real-time basis and send me alerts as price movements happen. I have an Excel spreadsheet that performs all the calculations I need, but that file is already so huge and I can only analyze a small number of stocks at a time...

Faith in yourself. Faith in the companies you buy securities in. Faith in the fact that if they halted all trading such that you could not exit your trade, that you would be comfortable holding that position for the long-term (even if that means you have to support yourself some other way in...

Geez, are there any women on this forum??? I am a woman trader. I worry about the opposite -- that no man would let me trade.