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I've been paper trading for about 8 months after blowing up my first 5k suretrader account due to incorrect sizing, not knowing enough about the market and massive suretrader fees. I've gotten much better but one of my largest problems is position sizing on a small account. I turned multiple 10k...

I don't even really trade indexes that often and I don't like large spreads. As a newer trader I probably would've avoided the market that day anyways because I don't really like volatility and have heard horror stories of no bid. I typically trade stocks within the 1-30 range, and I don't hold...

Do market orders get filled at a bad price or will the order not go through unless you're using a limit order?

I've been practice trading for a long time and think I have a working strategy. My only weakness seems to be my position sizing. I'll make a decent gain on a smaller stock (1-3) with 100-200 shares but I'll end up giving it back with 100 shares of a stock in the 20s-60s from a few ticks. How...

I have pictures of all of my trades from november to june and almost none of them have a spread of more than 4 cents I focus on how I execute trades and I think I'm usually pretty quick. Yesterday I was testing a scalp on a 3 dollar stock with a 15 cent spread on both platforms. I was...

Using TOS paper trading I usually get filled in between the spread, Ib you're filled in the worst possible location. I talked to one of the IB reps and they said the paper trading platform isn't really good for anything but testing out how it works. The problem is I'm trying to figure out if I...