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I'm creating a database of day trading strategies taken from trade reviews by successful traders. I plan on updating it daily with new strategies or examples of already covered strategies. You can access it here: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ag3p10maeR_bjEr8zI1BRLgu1rUX?e=wf5foX If anyone knows of any...

I'm looking for studies with statistics on the behavior of stocks that gap up and down. For example, what percent of them fill the gap, what percent of gap up/down stocks have a green/red day? What are some characteristics that may influence the behavior of these gappers? Anyone with personal...

November 19, 2020 1 winner, 6 losers Today I seemed to arrive late to the party in almost every trade. Today's notes: Be careful entering when slow stochastic is overbought? Failed 2nd breakout from flat top rising wedge (bearish indication?) 5 EMA pullbacks before entrance (exhausted?)

November 18, 2020 2 winner, 3 losers, 1 breakeven Today's note: Be careful with overhead MA resistance

November 17, 2020 4 winner, 3 losers I entered two trades about an hour before market close on two stocks that had a long steady uptrend. Almost as soon as I entered the trades the uptrend lost momentum and the trades went against me. This can be seen in the last two charts below. Is it common...

November 16, 2020 5 winner, 4 losers Today's notes: Improve scale in strategy. Improve stop loss strategy.

I've decided that I need to step up my analysis game. In addition to reviewing all of my trades, I'm going to analyze every trade opportunity for the stocks I traded for the entire day. I think this will help me learn and identify high probability patterns. I'll be posting this extra analysis...

November 13, 2020 1 winner, 4 losers Today's notes: Don't enter overextended Enter full position when entering after pullback Stick to stop loss Don't average down

November 12, 2020 4 winners, 2 losers Today's notes: Improve profit-taking strategy. Avoid choppy price action.

November 11, 2020 3 winners, 5 losers It seems I gave in to FOMO on a couple trades today. I have a question about moving average crossovers if anyone would be so kind as to help me. It's regarding my first trade with CGC. The 200 MA was rising up to meet the 9/20/50 MAs and I took that as a...

November 10, 2020 4 winners, 2 losers I've realized there are two scenarios that would benefit me if I were to use a scale-in approach rather than entering with a full position: 1. Breakout pullbacks - I don't know how far the pullback will go. Sometimes it makes it to the 9 EMA and...

November 9, 2020 4 winners, 9 losers Today's notes: Take profit Don't enter with strong overhead resistance Wait for pullback to enter

November 6, 2020 4 winners, 5 losers Don't enter after large red candle? Don't make stop loss too tight. Be careful entering after large bearish candle with high volume.

November 5, 2020 3 winners, 2 losers Today's notes: Wait for pullback to 9 EMA (1 min) Watch for overhead resistance Take profit

@Gaslight Capital A more accurate avatar would read "It's fraud time."

I was just messing around in the platform and I was able to do what I requested in my initial post. But I was trading earlier today and I wasn't able to do it. It was telling me that I couldn't short sell. I'm not sure what caused the error but I don't recall doing anything differently. Oh well...

Yeah I'll give that a try, thanks!

Thinkorswim doesn't allow me to scale out (take partial profits) when I have a stop order in place. For example, if 100% of my position has a stop loss set for -1R, it won't let me sell 50% of my position at +1R. It thinks I want to short sell the stock. I have to cancel the stop loss in order...

November 4, 2020 6 winners, 2 losers Today's notes: Don't enter with strong resistance overhead (50 & 200 MA) Don't enter overextended from 9 EMA (1 min) Don't enter early, wait for pullback to 9 EMA

November 3, 2020 6 winners, 2 losers I believe I'm starting to notice some improvement. I seem to be sticking to my rules better (waiting for the right setups and not chasing) and having less execution mistakes. Today's notes: Don't enter too early, wait for pullback