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How many trades a day do you average?

I think it matters if you need accurate bid / ask transaction volume information for orderflow style of trading. I went from IB Data to Sierra Chart Data feed and I am basically looking at a totally different time and sales information. I compared them side to side. It was a $5 trial since I...

Just price ladders on the us treasuries ?

which methods do you use in your actual trading?

Another week of trading gone by. Paper trading now but taking it very seriously this time. Basically the same level of commitment as with real money. Had 2 winning days and 3 losing days this week. Losing days way bigger than winning. I am getting more proficient at identifying key s/r levels...

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I think the people that do this by choice are living creatively, kudos to them. There is a problem with affordable rent and instead of just bending over and giving up 50% of pay for a bed, they live alternative lifestyles. Im in British Columbia and this lifestyle is all around. Its not just for...

Ye I re-draw them during the session and add extra lines. By the end of the day my chart has lines all over it. Just trying to get ideas on how to clean it up and make more sense of what is actually significant and what is not.

I am curious to hear about different approaches for identifying key price levels in the markets that you trade. The obvious one I guess are swing highs and swing lows from higher time frames. Also previous day's high and low. I guess the close too if there is an over night gap. What are other...

These look beautiful after the fact but in real time they are a moving target.

I have a question. What do you guys consider as the closing price for the day? Is at at 4pm EST as per normal stock market hours or the 4:15 EST when the contract actually closes?

Why do you say that and what do you recommend? I am in pacific time zone so US markets are really good in terms of time. I have a buddy who is a forex position trader (gave up day trading after 1.5 years of losing) and he is pushing me in that direction but I really like day trading. I thrive...

Another losing day today. That makes 7 red days in a row. I am going to go to sim for the next while and practice a method with 2 lots and scaling out to see if it makes a difference. I struggle with focus when sim trading because there is no money on the line. Trading small size of 50 shares...

For the month of April I had 38% winner / loss rate and an average profit factor of 1.38 before commission and 1.12 if you factor in commissions but I am using tiny size so commissions wont be as bad once I do real size. Max consecutive losers 11 and max consecutive winners 6. Took about 100...

Here is how today's trading day went. I got killed in the chop in the morning and was slow to take profits on trades that did go my way. Also traded more than usual. Normally I only take 4 -5 trades a day.

A lot of losses are from getting chopped up in trading ranges or being wrong about market direction right before a big move. When I am right I usually catch a move but its just not enough to cover all the losses since volatility is pretty low. I thought about fading myself but I cant really...

I will post my thoughts, progress, maybe some live trades if time allows during the day. Ultimate goal is to trade as a primary source of income. Background I have been index investing since 2010. I was convinced that profitable trading was not a real thing and that buying indexes for long...

https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=14099#tws-software Get the Offline version. Either one should do.

I had this issue. I had to download the version without the automatic upload. Its the only way I was able to fix mine.

Im short at 238.85 for a scalp trade. Looking for 238.65 as target. Stop at 238.95. (Im trading spy but same thing).