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Loosely following on from these threads with respect to volume: Should I stop day trading? Prop Today vs 10 Years Ago? Where next for volume? Are we at a low? Does it matter? The evidence: We've reverted to 1998 volume levels: We're in the most significant volume 'pullback'...

Last week you had figured it out: This week you're throwing your toys out of the pram: You could post your trades, get feedback from Elite members, work on your method and mindset, build up a profitable track record, then props firms might take you seriously.

Less volume? Less volatility? Wrong type of volatility? HFTs? Dark pools? It moves different? QE? The Fed? Chemtrails? It is different. It has changed. It is changing. It will continue to change. Yet I look at a chart and see that everything is fine. Keep trading!

I'm not fussy, whatever his signal service is able to provide! You see, he has a very fine website which he's keen to share.

Have you considered switching to stocks or if already trading stocks, being highly selective? Scan for the most volatile (big gappers) then trade for the first 2 hours.

I'm sure wrbtrader, who really is smart has taken it on board.

The gold nuggets *are* in there somewhere!

I did a short spell day trading (badly) with a NY prop firm a couple of years ago. It was online, but traders shared their live screens including positions and P&L. Some of the more experienced traders were having a difficult time. They complained the markets weren't what they used to be...

It's OK to have a favourite setup, but I'd encourage you to get comfortable with longs as well as shorts, otherwise you'll be missing many opportunities. Having a feeling that the market will plummet isn't a rational reason to have a short bias! Personally, I find there are periods where a...

Why support becomes resistance: We support an idea. The idea is shown to be false. The idea is retested (resisted) and asserted to still be false (at least for the time being).

Going off topic here, sorry, but we are 12 pages in... and already off topic. Or put another way...

Hoping for some interesting answers... Maybe even a better understanding of what's involved... i) Which step are you at? ii) How long / how much effort did it take you to get there? iii) Did you encounter any additional steps or pitfalls? iv) If your path was...

The 38 steps to becoming a successful trader: Steps to Successful Commodities Futures Trading as published in Commodity Futures Trading Club News 1. We accumulate trading information - buying books, going to seminars and researching. 2. We begin to trade with our 'new' knowledge. 3. We...

Finding your style might be a good place to start. Equities (US or UK), futures, currencies, options, .... Intraday, swing, position, ... Interactive Brokers is a good all round broker, but will require $10k to satisfy the account minimum. You could consider spread betting or CFDs, but...

Depends on the type of course. How is it delivered: one-to-one, group, video, ongoing coaching? What rate of account growth could be expected using your strategy? Sharpe ratio? How experienced are you?

Insightful, thank you. I'm with you on ignoring (most) news and other markets. Too often I've drawn the wrong conclusions from these.

I'm not generally into sub hourly time frames, but would consider it and had thought 2-3 instruments would be a manageable number! Did you try trading a second instrument and find you were less profitable overall?

Another aspect is emotional diversification (or averaging). Three losers in row on a single instrument can be emotionally more difficult than three losers out of ten concurrent positions.

A broad question! Can you post annotated chart screenshots of your recent trades?

I didn't read Rich Dad Poor Dad, but am aware of a distinction he made between employees, small business owners, large business leaders and investors. To cut a short story shorter, it's best to be a large business leader or investor... a reason why people (should) trade.