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Previously, I opened a second account under the same login at Interactive Brokers but it caused problems with third party software. I therefore canceled the second account. However, if I had a separate IB login, it wouldn't cause problems with the third party software. Would I be able to...

I think that when our health or lives are at risk or a death happens in the family, it can force us to reevaluate what's really important in life. What you're feeling is normal and trading (and most things) aren't really important. We may enjoy them or get a paycheck from them but there's very...

I had an idea of how to do this but not sure if it's the same as any of the other indicators mentioned. What if you "drew" a straight diagonal line from the first value on the chart to the last and average the absolute differences in closing prices from that line. I believe the value could be...

I'll have to look into some of these ideas but I don't want to compare to a benchmark to get this metric. I don't want to be dependent on bear or bull market as I'm trading whatever fits my criteria. Normally I might trade an index, but not right now. If ATR was a percentage instead of a raw...

I'm using daily charts for one of my strategies that has trades that last anywhere from a few days to 2 months. Although I respect the trend, I realized my signals have a higher win rate if I use them on a symbol that has a steady trend on a longer time scale like 1-3 years. While two symbols...

I'm trying to expand my horizons and work on diversification and understanding broader forces in world economics. Up until very recently, I was only trading ES/NQ with a narrow focus on those charts

Well, at least this might help with inflation haha. Cash goes up in value

I guess the same question could apply to those big players. Why would they believe that commodities and "recession-proof" stocks wouldn't be safe? Is it because of overall market volatility and they just would rather sit it out?

I'm trying to understand why, when there was the recent big market down move, commodities and supposedly recession-proof stocks went down just as much, or worse (utilities etc.). I'm able to find this in other cases on historic charts. Are people worried they won't be able to sell those...

Greetings, I'm trying to make decisions about running an LLC small business (small farm). It's tough to get going and may have losses for years due to equipment expenditures and investment in the land. I wouldn't want to get a Hobby Loss determination. If I had the ability to invest in...

I mean there's plenty of paid services offering trade signals. Why not intraday news-based signals?

No, I want to pay for it

Is there any service that provides signals based on news for trading ES/NQ futures? I know there's all the squawk services but I'm interested in trading on a quick time frame (30s) where I'm watching other (technical) indicators and I don't want to be evaluating what I'm hearing and comparing...

I've been wondering about this actually and maybe didn't pay enough attention in calculus but if it's easy for you to solve for x needed to get RSI above 70, can you please show me how to do that?

Another article https://budgeting.thenest.com/can-sell-rebuy-stocks-same-day-ira-30187.html Freeriding occurs if you use the unsettled cash to both buy and sell another stock within the three-day window.

Thanks, I'm confused by this Etrade article then ( https://us.etrade.com/knowledge/library/stocks/understanding-cash-account-violations ) It says: -------------------------------------- There are rules you should be aware of when trading in cash accounts. One rule of cash accounts is when you...

Thank you but the link you provided defines "freeriding" as "If an investor buys and sells a security before paying for it". In my example, wouldn't the proceeds from the first sale settle on the same day as the second sale is made? Therefore, the second position would be paid for before it is...

So, from your understanding, would the scenario I provided cause a Reg. T violation? I know there are restrictions on when you can sell the second position (can't be sold until the first sale settles)... What time of day does settlement normally occur? Thank you

I'm trying to understand how the T+2 rules apply when trading only one symbol in a cash account. Let's say I bought QLD (2x QQQ Bull ETF) a month ago and my entire account consists of this position. On Monday's open I sell it. On Tuesday's open I use the entire account to again buy shares of...

What's the point of the fixed plan for futures then? The tiered plan starts at the same 0.85+fees and can only get lower with volume..