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Good read: http://milliondollartarget.s3.amazonaws.com/pdf/The_Relaxed_Investor_2.0.pdf BWIAGU and SWIAGD

I don't agree with everything this guys says but I do believe he's spot on about the "majority" and the "obvious". ;) http://short-term-stocktrading.com/stock-market-price PS. my previous post was somewhat tongue in cheek if you hadn't guessed!

Something I've been pondering about BLASH... If NY didn't mean buying a low point then what did he/she mean by "buy low"?

A friend passed this on.

I've been doing some TA on this thread and, after moving sideways in a basing pattern for the past month, it appears to be breaking out with decent volume. There will be some noise along the way but I'm setting a short-term profit target of 650. Volatility may pick up and we could see 700 in the...

This time is different. :rolleyes:

When people talk about risking 2%, they don't normally mean the bet size. For example, with a bankroll of $100,000, risking 2% on an AAPL long trade doesn't mean buying $2000 of stock.

What confused me slightly is that "amount risked" is usually a fraction of "position size", determined by where you place a stoploss. Eg. bankroll $100,000 position size $10,000 opening price of stock $10 stoploss $8 amount risked $2,000 (2% of bankroll)

Wouldn't that only be the case if your position size was 2%? Eg. bankroll $100,000 open trade with $2,000 (2%) moves 8% to $2,160 profit $160 (0.16% of bankroll)

Wow, so you are talking around 700% total profit (non-compounded) in two months, and without using any leverage. That is nothing short of breath taking. I'm guessing the non-margin/long-only, means you are trading stocks? Must be some volatile ones to score 45% on a single short-term trade. By...

It dropped another 13% yesterday. http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/teva/stock-chart?intraday=off&timeframe=1m&splits=off&earnings=off&movingaverage=None&lowerstudy=volume&comparison=off&index=&drilldown=off It will be interesting to see what it does next.

I don't know what you mean by location. Have a think about what the OP meant by good and bad entry. https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/why-is-the-obvious-not-so-obvious.151802/page-25#post-2350739

On the other hand, according to the OP... https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/why-is-the-obvious-not-so-obvious.151802/page-29#post-2355717 "Trade entry is the most important thing ever, but this should be "obvious" to even a child, as if you get it wrong from the start, the odds are...

This poor guy certainly isn't aware of the obvious. :( http://www.psychforums.com/gambling-addiction/topic108461-80.html#p2044874

Sorry, this is a bit off topic but I'm curious to know why people get into trading. What's the motivation/objective/goal? 1) grow your capital/get rich 2) quit the 9-5 job and live off trading profits 3) other reason? It's just that trading must be one of the hardest ways there is to make...

A salutary lesson for anyone thinking of getting into this trading game. The entire thread is worth a read. http://www.psychforums.com/gambling-addiction/topic108461-70.html#p1998412 "Im here to tell you, no matter how smart you are, that for 99% of you, you cannot beat the market, and for...

@wtfauoa , your writing style and directness is very reminiscent of nysestocks ;) Could be just coincidence of course :D

The OP posed the same question but no-one came up with an answer. https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/why-is-the-obvious-not-so-obvious.151802/page-17#post-2344221

Some traders only do BHASH and SLABL but no matter. A good starting point, for discovering what does work, would appear to be point 3. https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/why-is-the-obvious-not-so-obvious.151802/page-66#post-2390698

Re. "you must BLASH and SHABL to make money" That's not strictly true. BuyHighAndSellHigher and SellLowAndBuyLower can make money.