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I have a target set at each trade. On rare occasion, if the price is moving aggressively to my target with a lot of momentum, I may move the target out a slight bit, and as soon as price crosses beyond my initial target level, I close out with a limit order. Usually it's an extra 2-3 seconds and...

Bugsy, if I look at a daily chart, I see the same setups I take intraday, using "techniques" you've mentioned (e.g. price action, MA lines). However, as a swing trader, you have the benefit of time to make sure the next signal "checks all of your boxes". You can make the bulk of your decisions...

What is special about this week that you've decided to only trade the first 3 hours? When Friday comes, if you look back and see your strategy "woulda" been great each afternoon (EST) of this week, will you change your plan, and decide that afternoons are ok again? Or how about if the next...

I don't know about recent studies, as it's been years since I read any fitness studies/papers. Though I concur with the thread statement based on some personal observations. I spent about a decade working out in Navy/USMC gyms with a variety of strong service members (young and old) and...

Long post - this is what I do when I have an idea for an entry signal (day trading): Start with a signal that you can clearly define. You must be able to look back over several months of charts and pinpoint the exact points you should have entered, and exactly where your initial stop should...

I don't consider moving stops, impulsive entries, deviating from plan, etc. to be errors, but bad decisions. I seem to make 1-2 bad decisions per month. -After a slow period, I'm tempted to take an impulsive (non valid) entry that "looks good". -After a losing streak, I'm tempted to look...

I've been day trading for a few years. Have been through the following phases: -beginner's luck (6 months) -consistently losing (1.5 years) -consistently breakeven (6 months) -varying between profitable and breakeven (5 of last 6 months have been profitable) I guess April of this year could be...

My ToS account has not been funded for 2 years. I logged in today and had access to live market data. I've never received any notifications or warnings about a pending deletion. The above poster discussed the ToS log on updates. I notice this also. It usually fires up within a minute, but...

Yes. The requirements for accessing Thinkorswim is just opening a live account with TD. You don't need to keep it funded. You will still receive live market data (for stocks, futures, etc.) and can access historical data using the "On demand" feature.

I had a Scottrade account for several years. Around the time it was announced they would be taken over by TD, I called around to see what promotions were available for switching to other brokerages. Schwab offered me commission-free equity trades (unlimited) for the duration of time I had a...

I take that break because I only want to trade pullbacks during intraday trending periods. I'm not interested in other conditions. If I think the market is in a period of "chop" (on my timeframe), then it's NOT in a trending period (though it may be on a higher timeframe). Bottom line, for what...

Here's some visual examples to go along with my earlier commentary on how I identify choppy conditions. When I see my MA lines flattening out / compressed together, that's my clue to take a break. When they are sloping and spreading out, I'm looking for signals. I would suggest you overlay...

I use a few moving averages. When they are compressed together and flat, that's a clue that conditions are "choppy" for what I generally want to do. Many times I've experienced "chop" in the first 1/3 of the day, followed by clean movement / clear direction in last 2/3 of the day. So I won't...

Aspergers could be a plausible explanation. Perhaps the person behind the scenes didn't think it was a waste of their time - taking on a persona that, for the most part, seemed intent on trying to help others.

I've traded extensively from Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, and briefly from Hong Kong. The only place I had trouble was Philippines, throughout 2017. Even with the best connection, it was spotty. I don't know if it's improved in 2018. Internet in Taipei, TW (whether from your cellphone...

"Non-accomplishment resides in your perpetual postponement. And, having the power to postpone, you also have the power to accomplish - to perpetually accomplish; realize this truth, and you shall be today, and everyday, the ideal man of who you dreamed." - J Allen

"You may bring about the improved condition in your outward life which you desire, if you will unswervingly resolve to improve your inner life. I know this pathway looks barren at its commencement (truth always does, it is only error and delusion which are at first inviting and fascinating,)...

“The man I am greets mournfully, the man I might have been.” -Hebbel

"If a man makes two-thirds of his existence subservient to one-third, for which admittedly he has no absolutely feverish zest, how can he hope to live fully and completely? He Cannot." -Arnold Bennett

I think the minimum funding and commissions is $0. I've had a TD/thinkorswim account for 18 months. I funded it with $1000 upon opening the account. I wanted to experiment with the platform. I withdrew all funding within the first month, but continued to use ToS. I never lost access to live...