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Confidence comes from past successes. Sometimes you will encounter a slump or losing streak where nothing seems to work, but if you look back to the time when you first started trading you'll see how much you have improved. Have faith and believe....

How can you be 100% sure that a trade will go your way? Sometimes the trades that look real risky and you pass up on are the ones that work out the best. The trades that seem to easy and certain are the ones that fail. Is it better to take any trade that fits your system or go with you gut feel?

The internet may be the greatest source of trading wisdom. A website like Elitetrader.com has been invaluable in helping me improve my trading. There are also other sites that I check frequently like stockcharts.com, prophet.net, briefing.com, signalwatch.com. Anyone care to share some good...

Nice site. Thanks for the link.

anything can happen... I guess if you are in a trade, have your stops, sit back and let the market make its move.

Don't be too hard on yourself, trading should be fun.

I have tried that scaling out of losers before but I end up losing more money. Now I usually get out if the trade hits my stop. Just trying to follow a rule of trading "cut your losses short". I have a friend who sometimes buy or short more shares when the trade is going against him, but he...

In order to make it big this is one thing you must need. I'm still working on increasing my size.

Seems like everyone is trading futures nowadays. Any one still trading stocks out there? I wonder, with fewer people trading stocks would there be less competition, which would result in cleaner trends or would it be the opposite.

Will it affect dsl or cable internet connections. Don't want to risk putting on a trade and losing my internet connection.

If we trade according to the trend shouldn't we buy here? Market made a higher high so we are still in an uptrend.

can someone explain what M3 is composed of?

I have no experience trading futures but I think when you have $700 days and ($250) swings, you are trading too aggressive for a person starting out. Try to cut down size and get consistent before you increase your size.

Excuse my ingorance. What is the significance of 10/16/2003?

Is this really your first month trading? You seem to know a lot more than someone who is starting out. Just keep doing what you are doing right now - consistent net profits, sticking to your trading plan.

If I have a steady job paying 60k I would save up some money and swing trade. That way you'll keep your job and learn the markets at the same time.

I've been trading for a little over a year and I have the same problem--taking profits too soon. I'm mainly a scalper and I only risk a few cents for each trade by setting tight stops. I also stare at the time and sales a lot and big bids/offers will often shake me out. Sometimes I feel like...

How was the training program? Did you learn a lot of trading strategies and techniques?

Is BBI a long term short trade? It will take awhile for it to move down to 15 or 11. Still curious on why you entered the trade? Was it pure technicals or on some fundamental expectations? Is it because of a bounce back to the neckline of the head and shoulders? Good luck though. I'm still...

What is Kazzaa?