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it depends on what you are looking. when you look ahead, nothing is there when you look back, everything is there when you sit, everything is moving when you jump in, everything is in the range and chopping ....... that is "most likely" means

you have 200k account and still go down? I feel whether big account or small acoount when the losing streak starts, it is a disaster. whether you will be successful or not, it proves the account size does not really matter. just read through trading traps, people anchor themsleves on...

I kind of have an idea: how about just guess green bar and red bar. before the opening, we guess it is a green bar day or a red bar day. then based on the guess, if guess is a green bar, buy in the opening, sell at the closing. if guess is a red bar, sell in the opening, then cover at...

when mistake occur, people normally blame others first, while not look at themseves in mirrior and think what I am doing wrong, and how to avoid this kind of mistake again. they become emotional. that is why market conspiracy theory is so popular.

good points. I often made trade decision based on last session. for example, when thursday it is a trending day, I kind of trade friday with trending strategy, while not look forward: after a strong nice trend, whipsaw/indecisive market ahead, vice visa. in this case fading is pretty...

there is no 99%. why? since you are all in. in this case, you will not end up losing all (not using margin or futures, options, no short sale), you chance of losing all is almost like winning a lottery, but you can not win lot, 99% chance you will win something. if you all in in...

how did I do the TLT option trade today? tlt bounced to 50days EMA, that is my favorite setup. I bought lots of 114 put around 0.13 under, also 235 lots of 113 put at 0.02. I saw TLT looks it will shoot to 115, that almost let me think I am wrong. oh, shit, close out my take? no way...

people have this problem normally try to let the market do what they want, just order the market to do things. I have this problem too. my method to conquer it is: shut down the computer. do something else. let my mind cool down. when you have a position, if it is not in your favor, put...

ung is a natural gas tracking etf. natural gas is trending down all the years. I trade futures. and buy put options in natural gas UNG. not time decay. new technology drilling makes harvest of natural gas cheap, also new findings of large scale shales sucah PA pittsurgh area, lots of...

not a basher about propriety trading firms. but try to know as much as I can. do not want bad experience with propriety trading (some I know definetely is just scam, sugar it with propriety trading, some I know are true propriety trading). very helpful discussions

after you passed S7, that means you are a professional? not offensive question, since I concern about this. I have other accounts, when i open them, they asked questions such as professional or non-professional. they will have different market data subscriptuion rate. and rugulation issue...

all pulbback here talked about are supposed in an uoptrend they are drops. the same as you see in a down trend. to confirm a pullback, you need see a bottom. if the bottom is higher than former top (the top before the most recent top), it is a pullback. occasionally it cut through toward...

stop loss is just for breakout, i.e., key price level. for day trading, all by fingers, stop loss is a nuisnace, a distraction. there is no sense placing a stop loss there or here. if you are swing trading, then you have time to study where stop should be, even in that case, if you are trading...

tax statement should not be the same as the plain statement. because tax statement needs factor in year-around carry over(if you have some position), wash sale carry over, year end cut off etc. the statement is just the transactions during 2011. it may be the same, but lots of time...

always buy DOTM call. the best way to avoid time decay is buy DOTM call, or simply day trade it, this minute in and that minute out. I made money on 650, 620 calls! AAPL 800 2014 call is at 47 900 2014 call is at 30 even DOTM are so expensive, only idiots will buy them. or...

female like to buy and hold, their hobbies are collections. look at their closets, tons of variety style clothes, shoes..... shopping is their hobbies male like to get in and get out frequently, they love the short-term excitement.., they like to conquer, I do not see any males' closets are...

I have no idea where you want to go? if no goal, how can you have a plan. what is your goal? one week two trades, sounds a good goal or a plan? there are two types of goals: results goal, for example I want to make $1k one week process based goal, for example I want to become a...

suppose you will make a trip to somewhere you have never been there. you have your roadmap printed, each turn and cross, but if the route you planned are blocked because of an unexpected events such as sudden car accident, or you have a company, and his responsibility is read the roadmap...

my suggestions is: no book no listening to any opinion no expert talk for 3months watch one market for three months and do nothing record what you observed, try different ways to look at them, then get used to think in market way finally you will get a sense how the market...

if go long, look at 600 then 620 then 650 then 680 then... maybe 800 I just day trade AAPL options, most time I trade OTM, basically buy OTM. when I look up, I buy 600, 620, 650...call when I look down, I buy 560 530 500 ...put I am a true BULL both on call and put. I am not a...