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Al Brooks is a friend of mine, in my opinion you are a whiny loser.

"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward." - Vernon Law

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill

I answered your question but let me give an example as illustration. Let's say Goldman had a million shares of XYZ they want to sell and are feeding it out in 5000 and 10,000 blocks creating a lot of volume but until Goldy sells it's intended inventory, price is not going anywhere.

MACD divergence is not a strategy but it can be part of one.

I haven't traded stocks in a long time but market makers can have a sizable inventory of an issue to buy or sell and feed it out as the other side appears and they often do not want to show their size on L2.

10 days of commission revenue can far outweigh interest on float.

I've sent checks to brokers, while they say it could be up to ten days, it's usually just a few.

Matter/energy do not act so predictably at the sub-atomic level.

Data is fact until it isn't...consider quantum physics.

"There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres." -Pythagoras

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." - Plato

Key West, Naples and Marco Island got hit hard...damage in Orlando was spotty. If Irma hadn't changed it's course to more NE after Naples, the flooding in Tampa-St Pete-Clearwater would have been catastrophic, the Philippines not-with-standing.

I agree, Zela's posts are intelligent, well expressed and largely intended to help.

What is much more difficult to help with are the psychological issues. We all have had to find ways to deal with than bucket of worms.

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It's a matter of having a trade plan with clearly defined signals and trade management rules. If you can't recognize a signal within a second or two, it's too complicated IMO. For a day trader, there should be no analyzing....there is a signal or there isn't....if there is, take it and manage...

Yes, I have account and use continuum (CQG) for futures data which comes with the license.

Ninja, $1000 lifetime license and $7 per month CME fee.

You don't want to "think" while trading. You want to recognize and act. If indicators help that recognition, use them, if they impair, don't use them. "Thinking" is for analysis and development.