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haha... just answer the question. I am hiding here in the USA,,, and frankly, I would seriously consider leaving USA at some point. There is just too much "big brother" crap. And the state of our country is a mess.

well, this was a American Dream story. Good ole Girl from the south, with no major Wall Street education or experience, decides to manage her own funds, I believe about $140,000 after she got frustrated with her Broker at a major firm. And what do you know, she starts selling premium and...

my definition,,,, low volume, hard to short, pipe dreams

uhh... ok,,, and I thought Ohio was conservative,,, I would expect this in California...

maybe I am really un infomred.... but how can USA press charges against a non-USA citizen? does he live in USA? or work in USA?

updated daily chart. The big breakout on Tuesday of 200 points is exactly the same as the 11/07 break out. But at least for yesterday and today we have not had a down day like after that last break. And the meeting this weekend for Trump could be the catalyst to continue higher. HMM...

I guess I need to add some more to this... for me I NEED STRUCTURE, I NEED RULES, any discretionary stop or exit just does not work for me. We all have to find strategies that fit with out personality. For now, I am going with 2X ATR for exit. Yes, I will miss the occasional monster move...

OK please expand on that. Are you saying that you’re looking for a previous swing high or swing low for your target on the long or short?

Well I’ll trade what my strategy says. I just do not think the correction is over. But it doesn’t matter. Short or long we make money. Just think of the millions of investors who have never been short.

And just what I expected today. After the big move out yesterday and outside of the upper band we have a consolidation day, closing almost exactly where we opened. this looks super similar to the last two times we broke above and we know what happened next.

I am rethinking my Stop/Target method. Up to know I have used a fixed number,,, 10-15 point stop and 20-30 point target. BUT , it occurs to me that has no thought of what the current market is. If I use ATR, and this is on a 5 minute chart,,, and I go 1X ATR for stop (may be too...

funny,,, also I do alot of personal stuff,,, like calling insurance, doctors, process mail, etc...

went back yesterday to strict stop and target exit... 3:1 ratio.. it is so much less stressful, just put in the entry order and let the system take care of the rest. sure, I will miss some humongous runner, but I do not care. This exit strategy works for me.

I found myself full of fear and anxiety the last week or so while trading. Sometimes could not even breath correctly. I found and implemented some solutions this week maybe these will work for other traders: playing symphony music from computer at low volume, just use spotify or similar...

thank you for that... I need to give myself a break sometimes... also,, and this is just a comment, deviating from the plan has also made me some great trades...ugh, but that is reinforcing a bad habit

okay, this is progress...... I am bored to death. This reminds me of when I have traded well. what do you do during the trading day to stay occupied? me... I read, listen to audio books, post and read on ET, do house work, etc... it is mucho trouble, when I am bored and do not do those...

uhh let's see.... get ready for a crazy 3-5 years or more,,, be prepared to make every mistake in the book,,,, 5 times! get ready to lose and lose and keep coming back. ok,,, that's a good place to start...

yes I completely agree.. while getting out say 1/2 at some level and the other 1/2 at another sounds great on paper, in real life trading it is mentally hard to do. I cannot stress enough how mental this whole trading thing is. For me,,, all in,,, all out on bracket orders, once I am in...

yes yes yes,,,, that just works for my mental makeup. I have learned this over time and the HARRDDD WAYYY

UPDATE: I just have to have the exit as an order on my trading platform. For whatever reason I just cannot hit the exit button and many winners turn into break even trades and I do not have to sit there with my hand on the mouse ready to click. Just works for me.