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Not sure whether to migrate my acc to IB, worried that i might not be used to the software of IB, after getting so used to my current broker software. Will it affect your trading performance? Anyone have experience moving to IB, re-learning new broker software, will it affect your day trading...

Maybe i too unwilling to take a small loss, and got into trouble by adding size, and going against the trend, thanks for all advices given

Thanks for your advice, what i understand by Context from you is the direction it is going right? Meaning go with the trend and not against it?

i prefer to look at the numbers in my account, unless i reach 40 million, then i'll improve my lifestyle :D

I think i need cooling period to get "myself" back, but it is a real pain to absorb, anyway, i think this disaster will come sooner or later, so have to face it and deal with it. :( :(

Down -5000 because of using averaging down today, keep buying when it goes new low, and it keeps dropping and dropping and droppinggggggggggg........................... Initial loss of -$1200 balloon to become -$5000. Cannot believe my months of profit just wiped off in one day. I don't...

right, points taken :D

Very difficult to find part time job which pays good, and also part time job not many available. Also this will be a distant away from my current salary, so got lots of objection from spouse, wat to do now

U mean part time day job and part time stock trading? This is what i'm doing now, meaning day job and night do stock trading, but i feel like quiting day job totally, and focus on trading, and also find a part time easy day job and not fulltime stressful day job

I have not gone fulltime, i have taken advice of going vacation and trade fulltime. Surprising, the result is not so good, worse than before. When u have so much time, u tend to over do things. Back to day job from vacation. Account got about 20% increase since last time i posted in this...

yes, i have go back to my rules again, but the feeling of having to build my profit bit by bit all over again sucks, it is something like, a storm comes by and destroy everything, and left me in a state of loss, have to pick up the pieces, slowly and painfully:(

Today i lost -$4000, have been consistent for past weeks, but daily intake only few hundred, but total profit only to be wiped out by 1 day, which is today So sick and tired of these rubbish But i know i break my rules today, which resulted in my loss, but i have glued to my rules for past...

My heart also has been in the market, that's why current fulltime job suffered, also got stressed, need more sleep and rest, working fulltime job and trading at night till 1am...

Currently doing day trading, feel like quitting my full time job and search for a part time job, cause it is just too tiring, body can take it no more! But just not sure what kind of part time job to look for, taxi driver? Currently working as IT executive...

Since I'm a day trader, everyday end of day, my broker will sweep my account money into a separate Scudder Funds money market account at the end of each day to earn a higher interest rate. Is this safe? Or i should stop this?

yes, i think your way of doing it is much better, rather than killing my account, i think i'll stick to small size, thanks again

Thanks for your advise, actually did have some profit previously trading 200 to 400, seldom 1000. Even if i trade 1000 previously, i buy incrementally, and not buy 1000 in one shot. After 2 days of trading 1000 size, i'm in a state of whipsawed and shock, that 6k which i so painstakingly...

Try trading 1000 size on over $100 stocks last 2 days, and it cost me a bomb, -$3700 and -$2300, the size make me hold too long for cut loss, take profit very quickly, very stressful, now in a state of shock...:( :( Anyone has any advice as to the road to recovery after strings of losses?

I'm using MBTrading, short order got rejected, can't even short X

Is it true that for most broker now, most of the stocks are non-shortable? Now it throws message to me that order reject, stocks not shortable... Cause i thought all should be shortable but must be covered within 3 days?