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There was so much momentum in NVDA all day.. I doubt I want to risk getting into the deep waters of 3xetfs etc. I made my $150 with a little plus of that today and would have done better but I need more "refinement" on the simulator.. Baby steps... :)

Thanks for the advice, but I'm doing okay for now. Been there and done that. That's how I slowly grew an account and now, for once, I'm coming up green everyday day trading with scalps. I posted my info so that others might find it and not have to spend hours at a time on other places putting...

Really? LOL Scalper, sniper, gamer, girly when it comes to risk.. but 'artistic'.. don't think so.

For me, the key is to use high volume top tech stocks that are the top weights of the index. I think that will continue for the future. But XOM etc on a good day I don't rule out. When Google splits it's going to lots of fun :)

And what made you decide it wasn't the way to go if you wanted to come out green everyday and use a low risk style? When commissions were 7.00 per trade, it was a bit more difficult than these days I think to employ this strategy with a result of a profitable day.

What is the 5 out of 100 figure rule? It sounds like a risk to reward ratio. ?? Scalping using my strategy, means closing the trade immediately if not in profit right away. If I have to lose 5 to 15 pennies on a trade that's gone wrong it's the only risk I take with the amount of shares I trade...

Yes, I agree, when they say stick to your strategy. There is always the simulator to experiment with refining or altering according to the way the market changes and if that works out well time after time, it can become a new strategy with real money. I was really surprised to find that the way...

LOL !

It takes a while to figure out what works for you, everyone can find a niche I think with enough persistence and money management and thankfully with real time simulators.

Low risk, low exposure and low profits but they add up to a nice green total this way. :)

For me anyway, here is how simple it is. Look at the screen shot I posted of the indexes and my trading charts beneath this row of indexes. You see the little edge on the right of the index? It is headed down.. see how the VIX is headed up.. well that 1 minute candle coming up is going to be...

I use a 5 minute multi day chart for bigger picture and plot support & resistance lines, but trade on 1 minute chart. Today there is a wealth of free info out there, back when I was learning it was groups and teachers like Trader X and the old IRC groups too! Cougar is still going strong last I...

With this method, the more volatility the better of course. If we muddle in the middle. that will kill everyone's opportunities, not just mine. I've thought about changing market conditions, but for the foreseeable future we have the heavy weighted tech stocks and they drive the indexes I use...

I think we have to be honest with ourselves and find what system works for our individual personality types. I like coming out green and accumulating small profits into a nice daily profit total and hate the stress of putting so much on the line with risk ratios. Quick in and out and let it all...

I also use the VIX for confirmation as well as a leading indicator of which way the market is going to move with the indexes.

Here is a screen shot of what I'm talking about:

The important part is to use high volume and weighted stocks on the indexes and that seems to be the most important part of leading the way to tell what is going to happen to the candles. But it is the way MT shows these indexes that is what shows me the way the stock will likely go for the...

Like I said, I've been practicing this system for months, learning and refining and have been baby stepping into the real market, but finding my success rate is equal to the same on the simulator. I was around back when QT was the platform I learned on and Trader X's group gave us the first...

I'm just getting back into trading and found a way that suits me, and surprisingly I hardly ever have bad trades. I'm scalping with 100 shares using the index patterns I see in Medved platform and using heavy weighted tech stocks in the Nasdaq, like AMD. I'm just finding it so simple to make at...

Ahh finally bandwidth again !