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what are your commissions like? you seem to have a huge spread between your gross and net. i trade about 12000 per day and usually pay around 35$ at most. maybe try sticking with lower share size until you can reach a high level of consistency then start bumping up the share size.

have fun donating your $$$ to the market

Trading i definitely an up and down game, between mid feb and mid march I was on fire. Then, two weeks ago my up days were great but i also had a few down days, and then last week everything went to shit. 2 barely positive days followed by 3 down days. Still net positive for the month but i...

in a non equity related reply, LULU is very useful...have you ever seen women wearing yoga pants??

excellent thread, there is a method to the madness for sure

saw 10,000 year old tablets... deleted without opening.

I feel your pain brother, +270 on thursday then down 130 on friday. Im having a hard time getting a read on this market. Also, how do you like using the 9EMA and 30WMA to find setups?

going short on SHAW today 20% exposure to nuke energy as well as many contracts to build new reactors. lets go ppl

yea, yesterday was rough for me, started off with a good short on XL off the open but then the market bottomed and turned upwards. From that point on i lost about 230$ so i decided to pack it in for the day, couldnt get a grip on the market...

yeah i already have ACE and XL shorts lined up, looking for a few more plays though as I only trade NYSE intraday Industrial equiment is an interesting idea though, thanks

I hear you man, very choppy times indeed! I could not get a read on the markets this week. Not a single down day last week, start off monday with a decent loss, then wednesday down 170$ luckily i saved it yesterday with 500 shares short through BTU at 62 in the morning. And of course in the...

I know its sounds like a dick move, but how do we trade this?

totally dependant on the situation I would say, most of the time i go with option B...that being said if the price retraces to a proven support level and holds then I get in and set a tight stop

holidays.....

hahaha i wouldnt worry too much about that, it will be a while yet before i reach your level.

excellent journal my friend, your style of trading is very similar to mine. It seems you are a lot more proficient then I am though haha but I'm still learning and will be keeping a close eye on your posts, keep up the good work.

if the price moves independently from the futures, moving average cross-overs are also usefull

well, i wasnt arround for the good ol' days but i sure liked todays action lol

I second camtasia, simple to use and works

it depends what share size you use and if we are talking same share size in both scenarios Short @ 150 w 1000 shares = 150k profit Long @ 1.50 with 10,000 shares = 550k profit