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I assume you're talking about a true prop firm where you need a license and will get a boat load of leverage. If that's the case, I think a prop firm would be ok with that, especially since you must be very tight with your risk. As a matter of fact, a lot of leverage would probably be a great...

That book is the first thing I thought of when I saw the title of the thread. Best trading book I've read. And I've read dozens.

There are no silly squiggly lines on my charts. Gave them up years ago.

Agreed. You won't find any squiggly lines on my charts. Not even volume. (Except for relative volume in my scanner) They're totally naked.

Ditch the RSI now rather than learning later on how unnecessary it is.

Yep.

I apologize. It wasn't a bad day. It was a horrible day. But must you feel so bad about yourself to make me feel even worse about my day. It's basic psychology. Those who hate themselves try to destroy others. I can understand if it happened in another thread where people are giving each...

I don't know if you've been drinking, or if you're just a fucking moron. This wasn't a bad day. People lost loved ones in front of my eyes today. Please recognize the difference.

I don't see any other option. I've been through plenty of tough times in my life. Time and strength seems to be the key. To everything.

I know I've posted shit that makes me seem like a whiner, but today is different. I live in a small town, so everyone knows everyone. So when I came across a bad crash today with half a dozen squad cars and many ambulances and fire trucks, it got my attention. I asked an officer who I knew if...

Are you kidding? There are all kinds of them out there. Edit: Never mind. I thought you meant a real prop firm. I just looked up SurgeTrader. I hate it when these pay to play rackets call themselves prop firms. If you're any good, why not get your 57 and go with an actual pro firm? You're...

I remember trading that stock damn near every day in the late 90s. It was liquid and it was volatile.

Oh what the hell. What good is a thread if I don't at least explain a little bit of what I'm doing. I'm looking at how much a stock falls in one minute relative to its historical 15 minute volatility, which is provided by my scanner. The mean (to me, anyway) is a 50% retracement of that one...

I have my scanner set so that if the S&P falls a certain percentage in a short time, no alerts get triggered. I'm trading a very short time frame and I also use hard stops. Averaging in is a big no no in my trading world. Averaging is reserved for my roth world.

Aaand the weather roller coaster continues...

Dear Mother Nature, Please stop being a bitch. Sincerely, A guy who lives where the average high on April 12th is 56 degrees Edit: Brandon, I think we have you beat today.

Yep, we're worried about that. My brother is an airline pilot, but he does some crop farming in the summer with a partner who stays local and takes care of things when he's on the road. And I know they don't drill fresh seed every year. They may have to this year. We also have about ten fruit...

Well, Wednesday will be almost 30 degrees above normal and 45 degrees warmer than last Wednesday. But at least we had a nice bonus of 25 mph winds when it was cold last week. There will definitely be some grillin and chillin over the next few days.

I also have enough negativity. We all do. That's why you're now on ignore.

Don't mind at all. I was usually working odd jobs for the first 10 years. And up until a few years ago, I would be a seasonal driver for UPS just to take a break from the trading grind (a grind which sometimes involve not making much money). But honestly, after I quit drinking is when the ideas...