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    losing streaks

    I usually call it a lossing streak when I start getting most days in the red, and even on good days I stay under 100 so I m lossing ground overall. Since las thursday I lost 188, 600, 20, 300, and I gained 30 one day. I usually consider the streak to be over once I start getting several...
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    losing streaks

    I broke the losing streak today, with a +$300 day, not the best, but a step in the right direction. I usually trade 150 or more times per day. Entering and exiting at the same price to profit from en liquidity rebates. I don't usually use any indicators or charts, I basically just use a time...
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    need help regarding day trading

    A few points 1. Start small. trade 100 share blocks and try to beat the market for "points", dont worry about profits there'll be plenty of time for them once you learn how to beat the markes constantly. Think of a profesional pool player, he doesnt play perfectly everytime, he simply...
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    International Markets and Liquidity rebates?

    Does any one know which international exchanges offer rebates for adding liquidity, like ecns do in NASDAQ-AMEX. I know that the montreal exchange has a similar program... are there any others out there?
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    losing streaks

    How do you guys handle a bad streak? Im having one myself right now, it's been a though week... Is not my first one, it probably wont be my last... I've been trying to forget about trading on my freetime, run, watch tv [no news], get a good sleep before the next day, reducing the stakes...
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    Traders having ADD Part 2

    Tom cruise sux... though that other samurai dude was cool... ADD often comes as a minor effect of a more serious condition, like a bipolar disorder [where inability to properlly handle anxity triggers both add and manic deppressive stages]
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    Traders having ADD Part 2

    I totally ban myself from any email or messenger while trading... I try to keep browsing, tvs and any other kind of distraction to a minimum... I hate lossing $100 thanx to some cool comercial !!!
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    Traders having ADD Part 2

    If you're a blonde girl and wear a D cup, I would certainly like that hug.
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    Traders having ADD Part 2

    I've been diagnosed ADD since collegue. I wasnt diagnosed in highschool since the damn thing is so easy I didnt even need to study I just spend my time in class sleeping and drawing in my notebooks and somehow my subconcious took care of all the tests... The problem is I can't really focus n...
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    Traders Block

    I think trading is a lot like chess. In chess you have two kinds of players, one who is booksmart and another who is intuitive. The booksmart player has many advantages over the average intuitive player, as he would learn from studying thousands of games throughout the years. The intuitive...
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    average Swift-trader make?

    I think is about 10%, maybe a bit less since they kept on refillin the room as ppl left[im guessing 30ppl but it could've been more] $200-300 aint shit around here... but when I quit my last job at a bookie's I cover my expenses for a few months in order to be able to trade full time without...
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    average Swift-trader make?

    hi ppl, I'm about to finish my 6th month at swift. Im one of the only 3 guys who made the curve to become traders in my class [of about 30ppl]. So yeah, the curb is a killer. Im located in one of em new third world offices... Im currently getting 12% under 10k and then just 15% for 10k-20k...
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