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-240 Three bad trades really dug me in. I was not as selective as last week in picking my entry points. Bought 99.89 Sold 99.72 100 11:54 99.70 100 11:56 99.65 5 11.58 Made the mistake of trying to get in on the chop. I failed to look at...

+20 Bought 98.62 14:05 Sold 98.70 14:05 Sold Short 98.54 14:50 Bought Cover 98.49 14:50 Not the kind of gain over yesterday that I was shooting for. The stock was ripping off upward in the beginning. Wasn't really sure what to do. Wasn't...

ok, so much are you charging for your system?

+18 Bought 93.68 12:55 Sold Short 93.95 13:10 Sold 93.71 13:00 Bought Cover 93.90 13:14 Bought 94.60 15:26 Sold 94.64 15:26 Had to wait a while due to it being so choppy. Live to fight another day. Missed out on some...

+16 Bought 93.89 11:02 Bought 93.48 11:11 Sold 93.92 11.02 Sold 93:52 11:13 Bought 92.96 11:48 Sold 93.00 11.51 That's it for today. Need to bring my mother to the doctor today. I lived to survive...

You got a positive gain.. very often perfect exits and entries are tough to time. There will be other opportunities. My focus now is to try to get positive gains the vast majority of time. I take profits when I can get them. Be content. Don't swing for the fences. Let the singles add up...

+13 Bought 90.36 10:25 Sold 90.40 10:25 Sold Short 90.52 12:10 Bought Cover 90.48 12:11 There was one entry I missed by 0.01 due to me cancelling and trying to lower my limit order by 0.01. I shouldn't be such a cheap skate...

Apology accepted. I've been on other forums before.. mostly politics.. People rant like crazy on there. Even if they misquote you (often times they purposely misquote you), they don't apologize. For some reason, people get mad like hell over politics, like it's fighting words. I don't get...

Go back and read it. I said I was doing it for a family member so it's not my money that I'm using to buy the TV. Don't quote other people out of context.

+11 Sold Short 91.66 11:30 Bought Cover 91.63 11:35 Sold Short 90.84 14:58 Bought Cover 90.80 14.59 The computer algorithms went crazy at the second short. The volume spike was insane. I never seen anything like that. I couldn't believe it. It went...

Although, it may seem as though there are a lot more opportunities (ie quick money) in the 1 min time frame, it's harder to manage. Prices move too quickly. By the time you set up your limit order or get in your market order to exit, the price has already moved past or reversed. Unless you...

Thanks for the input. No, I do have a plan.. like I said.. will wait to do more trades as time goes on. My plan right now is to do mini-scalps and get out quick until I have enough of a base to let trades run more later on. I understand that I haven't let them run but also by leaving them in...

I don't know Jas but hey he's only been in the journal for 1 year. How long did it take the pros here to become profitable consistently? I'd say if he can't get it together after 5-8 years, then hound him. Even the most elite gurus here where people worshiped them to death and are always...

Yes.. obviously if you are an investor, pennies on the dollar in price movements don't matter since you are just holding on until you reach your desired profitability. However if you trading and scalping, yes. That is where commissions come into effect. Scottrade has costed me since I try to...

RiffRaff, I appreciate your advice but I don't think you understand my position. As I have said, I have put everything I have into this. I simply cannot afford to take big losses. Everything is relative. You may have 100-200K to do trades and simply laugh at my small miniscule gains...

Agreed.. Why do you need to worry about another job if your system works. Shouldn't you be implementing it all along with your own money and making you rich? There are so many people here talking about their own trading systems and trying to sell them to others. I don't get it. If it...

Depends on your style of trading. If you do swing trades or investing, then Scottrade would be fine. They can also reduce your commission if you do a lot of trades (got mine down to 6 from 7), however that is counterproductive since in reality you really want to trade, not invest right...

Right now, I use Lightspeed. Their commissions rates are great. Had I still been with Scottrade, I would've lost out because I would've had to pay $6-7 per trade (so $12-14 to enter and exit). This would've forced me to stay in positions that I normally would not have. The paper trader for...

Lucias, When will you be going live? instead of paper trading? Just curious. If you really want to sell your system, you should at least be posting live info trades. I just think that anyone can do well on paper trading. The real thing is a lot tougher.

+6 Sold Short: $91.01 Approx 2:44 pm Bought $90.97 2:45 pm Tiny if non-existant gains.. will keep doing real small gains till I build up a base to let trades develope. Cautious, since I'm tired of doing cash transfers to keep the account alive. I'm barely above...