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    Position Sizing

    Hi Savagemp5, Thanks for your suggestions. Can you elaborate a little further on why you think Trade Ratios mean nothing. I also don't understand what you mean when you say your Trade winning % is 45% +, but entire acct is profiting over the past 2 years' Cheers
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    Looking to expand knowledge of position and money management

    KingDong, Maybe after reading Dr. Van K. Tharp book I might start trading the way you suggested..... Eagerly awaiting more comments.... Cheers
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    Position Sizing

    KingDong, I appreciate your comments - I really do. However, I have to agree with what BlackBison is suggesting.. In the meantime, I am taking on board all the comments that traders are mentioning, so please keep the suggestions coming. I am truly grateful for all the feedback and I...
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    Position Sizing

    Intraday Bill, Thanks. I will check out the link. In the meantime, I very much welcome more suggestions.... Cheers
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    Position Sizing

    Hello Fellow Traders, I'm not sure if I'm phrasing this question correctly, but here goes. As you'll probably guess from the following question, I'm fairly new to trading. Over the last 10 weeks, 02/22/2011 to 04/01/2011 I have placed 46 trades. I currently trade equities. Sixty one...
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    Determine Realistic Profit Targets

    Davidee That's great mate. Cheers
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    Determine Realistic Profit Targets

    TradetoWin Thanks mate. Can you please explain what is meant by: "% Win of your stock trading system?" & Would I be correct in saying if the percentage of my trades that closed for a profit was 64% then the loss of my system would be 100% - 64% = 36% ???? Can you also explain...
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    Determine Realistic Profit Targets

    TradetoWin Is there any chance you could re-post the link? It doesn't appear to be working. Cheers mate. Carlton
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    Determine Realistic Profit Targets

    pld75/TradetoWin Thanks guys for responding. Really appreciate your comments. Cheers Carlton
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    Determine Realistic Profit Targets

    Hi Traders, I attempted to post earlier today but it doesn't look like it went through so will try again. I was wondering if someone could tell me how they determine realistic profit targets? At the moment my method is looking at the spread. So, I'm looking at a stock today, ESRX with a...
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    Realistic Spread Determination

    Hello Traders, I know how you guys like to beat up newbies like myself, so I'll keep this brief. Can someone please tell me how does one determination the realistic spread that can be achieved for a stock? For example, depending on how my strategy pans out, I plan to purchase ESRX for...
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    Hammer Representation in a Spreadsheet

    Hello All, Can someone please tell how I might go about writing a formula in Excel that will identify a Hammer on a candlestick? I searched the internet and I'm found the following: Close <(High – (0.1*(High – Low))) However, when I back-test the formula its not a true...
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