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Just talking to myself... Self: You stupid fool. Couldnt hold RAD from 3.11 to 4.11 had to sell out of it early. Same problem, over and over and over. Any small dip and you panic. Other Self: I didnt want to give up the gain. You'v seen it go right back down before. Self: We;ve talk about...

As much as I hate to admit it, you are probably right. I think mostly I'm just not smart enough to find the edge. But then again maybe there is no edge to be found. But I keep looking...

Didnt trade Monday through Thursday. Last and only trade this week, Long RAD 2700@3.13. Filled at the Bid. I owe Sprout more info this evening, most likely Sat. at some point.

I trade them in a slightly different way. The Smaller Roth IRA's are longer term (investment) The futures I am building capital in to trade 3-4 ES contracts in. The individual, a smaller account, I am building towards 50K to be able to short. I mostly trade the IRA with $116K. Still learning...

I use TradeStation scanner to select stocks once a week, Fridays at 8:05PM based on the following criteria: (largely the same week to week) and considering tweaking it some to narrow and rotate based on sector and industry performance. Current Ratio > 1 Quick Ratio > 1 ROE > 0 Average 50 day...

Thanks Sprout. I will get you those on Friday.

No trades today. On the road in meetings. I cant wait to trade full time!

Not sure exactly why I am doing this, but the hope is to get the accountability I need. I keep a trading journal, however, its hard right now being accountable to myself. So perhaps some fellow traders may benefit from my journal and others may find it in themselves to kick my butt when I...

Thanks everyone for you insight! I really appreciate. I have lots to think about! I am going to make some tweaks to my strategy and approach and share. Its writing in Easy Language on TradeStation. I've been running it for about a year. It keeps me out of trouble if I follow it. The only tweak...

Sorry, equities. I bombed in futures and I really dont understand options enough right now.

I've been trading for two years and have managed not to lose it all and have made small gains. My biggest problem is cutting winners. I did it again on Friday with Avnet. I even have a big sign on my screen, "Stop! Just move the stop!" I know this is amateur, but, has anyone found a good...

The problem is choice...

7. What are the biggest problems/dilemmas have you faced (or arefacing) as a trend follower? Working up the courage to take a small loss to test if trend or not. And even more courage to buy more on pullbacks