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Do you follow a strong trend or do you go against it?

That show was BS and you know it! Have him replicate the results with real money.

The EUR/USD scalper's strategy was "go for broke"! They were trading with play money, therefore the results are meaningless!

Anybody know what management tools IB provides for this? TWS seems to be lacking in this department.

Considering all of the fear that is permeating through the financial sector, I think that IB's stock isn't doing that badly either. Just take a look at SWIM (could be worse).

Actually the most volatile stocks are thinly traded.

It seems that some of the most successful traders out there have attained their riches by trading the commodities markets... why is that? If you wiki them, you will see that most trade commodities... is there something special about this market?

Thanks for your post! I usually place very tight Trailing Stops (usually one point) long after a trade goes profitable so there is little chance of the issue turning back before I reach my target. Also, good comments about trend trading, although I have found one is lacking one very...

Is it so hard to believe that another Et member might disagree with you? :confused:

No, you still don't get it. It means that one has to consider whether it is easier for MOST traders to trade longer time frames or shorter time frames. Your argument started off my only considering GOOD scalpers. Can most traders be good scalpers? I doubt it. Actually, I'm not. Why are you...

FUNDAMENTAL Analysis, doesn't have the word trading in it either. According to your logic it is therefore useless. The fact that you can't share your oh so secret method makes zero sense. Also, I'm not just talking about FX trading.

So you'd think that one would have more success scalping the EUR/USD than following the general trend??? :confused:

I think this entire thread did more harm than good. LOL!

(I'll bite) You have basically just discredited all of TA by saying this, you realize this, right? So if you don't trade with charts, what do you use?

Pretty cocky. :p So you have a problem with trend trading? I am not smart enough to know what will happen in the long run, nor do I have to be. If it's hard for you to spot a steady trend then that's not my problem. It is your turn, not mine. :) :p

Are you performing any technical analysis on your trades? $20 for C was clearly too high. Are these long term trades (buy and hold)? Also, who is to say that you have to pick the ultimate bottom. Until we see what happens with student loans this semester, I really see no point in stocking up...

Nope. Wrong.

Should have been clearer... Investors are indeed interested in the things you mentioned above. However, they also seek out long term trends. It is very possible to trade short term with the long term trend which can pick up your trades when the short term trade goes bad (unleveraged of...

Possible. Although without knowing details it is hard to make that determination. However, the shorter the time frame, the harder it is to make consistent profits. This is a statical fact.

It's basically fair value for any stock. The ones that would come closest are ETFC SWIM and SCHW.