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    My simple, yet profitable trading strategy

    Yeah I always pyramid in as it starts going in my direction. Like NTRI just now I sold .35, .25, .17, .15, .05...then covered the .8's to the .5's. It was trading in such a tight range that you could have a dime stop on with a possible .3-$1 win.
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    My simple, yet profitable trading strategy

    First at 10am I look over the Yahoo to % winners and losers. I pick my favorites and put them in charts. Then I also have TI alerts set up to tell me when these things are moving, just as an additional alert in case I need to move stops or add to positions. NTRI is a good example of why you...
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    My simple, yet profitable trading strategy

    I have no way of back testing it, it's really something you would have to try for a week and see. This is the way I trade my very similar system. I'm willing to give up some big winners for steady gains...and it works. Just depends what you want from the market.
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    My simple, yet profitable trading strategy

    I remember that VOL trade, but is the occasional big winner really worth all the losers that you can stop out of? It seems that your biggest problem is being stopped out at $1800 all the time...by cutting losses quicker you may give up some occasional large wins, but your P&L would be much...
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    My simple, yet profitable trading strategy

    I've been short CR for a while because it hasn't had an uptick since 10am. Especially once it broke the lows there's no reason to be long. Why not implement some stops at major break points? Could have saved you a dollar on CR.
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    My simple, yet profitable trading strategy

    Did you hit your 3k target before the market peaked? How are you handling your trades now?
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    My simple, yet profitable trading strategy

    Intraday market direction has a lot to do with the success of this strategy. The ES drop in the last hour killed some good longs, but also helped some good shorts like RDWR. That's why you have to play both sides. I've flipped that TSO long, nothing but selling in that stock now.
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    My simple, yet profitable trading strategy

    Alright, I have a lot to say after reading through this thread. I've been trading this strategy for a year with good results, but I have modified it quite a bit. I don't mind sharing my thoughts because no matter how you tell people to trade, their entries and stops will always be a little...
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    Is it stupid to short the top % gainers of the day?

    My best trades today (in order). I screwed up CDWC. WFR long COLM long VPRT long TNL short
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    Is it stupid to short the top % gainers of the day?

    Glad to hear it's working out for you. Like you said, it takes some time but after a while the charts tell you what to do. There were some great ones today.
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    Trader P/L 2007

    Good week :-) +1500 +1100 +500 -500 +4000
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    If so many people are unsuccessful traders...

    Funny, our methods are nearly identical (using Yahoo at 10am). I have 14 charts to put up my favorite winners and losers from this list. But we differ a little in the fact that I will take these long or short, and take either direction. WFR was a great long this morning (im still long some)...
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    Trader P/L 2007

    +2300 -2900 +2400 +1400 Wednesday sucked. Average week.
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    Esignal charts freezing

    Mine are working well this morning. I wish they built in either an auto server switching mechanism or the ability for the user to do it like Qcharts had.
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    Esignal charts freezing

    Ditto, just for the Esignal techs reading this thread. Username dustin247.
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    Esignal charts freezing

    I've had the same slow load speed for the last few weeks.
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    Trader P/L 2007

    Slow week overall... Mon: 900 Tues: 2300 Wed: -1300 Thu: 400 Fri: -1200
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    Let's say you have a terminal illness....

    I would videotape my trading for a couple weeks and put in on dvd. Document your profitability with the system. Let everyone you care about know that the system is there for the taking for anyone that would like to try. I would also train anyone interested during my remaining time.
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    Trader P/L 2007

    Wed: +1900 Thurs: +4200 Fri: -600 Good start to the year.
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    Is it stupid to short the top % gainers of the day?

    2/3 is pretty good. I only have around a 55% success rate but winners far outweigh losers. Usually I will trade 10-15 stocks a day, and 1-3 will be big winners. For example yesterday I caught ABFS, ANGO and WITS. With this stuff the longer you do it the better you get so keep plugging away.
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