Gordon, You seem like a nice enough guy. But you have to realize that people that are losing traders that give advice diminish the value of the feedback / advice obtained here on ET.
I have to agree with you. If I were to do it over again I would have chosen to do the majority if not all my trading as swing trades and migrated to a combination of swing and day trades once consistently profitable. (Although I started my trading around 911 and didn't dare hold overnight) It...
VT,
This may have been asked / answered before but you said that you aren't trading real money. Does your simulator give you realistic fills and if not do you account for slippage?
Thanks
I demo'ed J_Trader and didn't really like having 3 or 4 different windows open at once. I thought the key to being successful in trading was to simplify:)
Jack,
Thanks for your suggestions. I must say it's one of the few posts of yours that I could fully understand:)
I've sat out of the market several times as you've suggested and I find that it helps. The ebb and flow of the markets certainly takes a lot out of you when you are in it every...
What didn't work initially was spending countless hours in chat rooms. Not necessarily trading their signals but trying to glean any trading information I could. My time would have been better spent reading some of the higher quality trading books.
I started trading breakouts of highs and...
And from your bulletin:
"We've worked hard over the years to continue to improve the level of service we offer and these changes further reflect our dedication to bringing you the finest support tools available today. "
What a crock of BS, improving services means an 800 number and nothing...
In my opinion, one can get monetarily rich (at least $1 million in the bank over and above retirement accounts) without taking extraordinary risks if your living expenses are reasonable and your trading is consistently profitable. I think this can be done with either stocks or futures but given...
I take my ES entries from the 5, 15, 20, or 30 minute charts; whichever ones show the best setups. However, I will often only work off my 15 minute charts for an entire day. Not as many trades but also not as many whipsaws.