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For me, as swing trader, i don't seems to do well if there's too much volatility without any clear direction. So i do not know why people make money from volatility... anyone care to explain, thanks Because if it is so volatile and choppy, not possible, unless u r day trader, but day...

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I saw number of posting here, talking most of time about puts, seems that options more popular than stocks? But i always thinking options more risky than stocks... People tend to lose more money playing options than stocks

No point shorting, it happens too fast, and always there's a relief rally which is quite scary

Maybe it is time to take a break for vacation, to avoid been chop in choppy market

Suffer strings of losses, which cut my acc down by nearly 8%, time to step aside and watch from sideline, time to bring coffee to fellow traders Dare not short, cause a relief rally is quite scary too. Imagine i already cut down my trading by 50% and still suffer 8%, btw, i'm a swing trader...

Any advise as to how to prevent being whipsaw? Thought yesterday is the end of bull run, today up again :(

Thanks for the advice, I think i just stick to 1 stock first, slowly span outwards, i used to swing trade 5-10 stocks for few days, but now for day trade, found that they are different for day trades, so i think just stick to 1 stock. For past 2 weeks, i found that i'll lose whenever i day...

Recently i tried day trading due to so much volatility that if swing trade, will be killed, so tried day trade Been losing and winning, but lose more due to buying of other low volume stock, and big position size. Winning due to focus on 1 stock. But just thinking whether day trading will...

I'm lost again, have try every strategy, technical chart, buy low sell high, buy high sell higher, usually will buy a basket of 5 to 7 stocks, also will cut loss Initially my strategy will work, then later the strategy will succumb to failure, cut loss and lose money, somehow the market is so...

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ha, rebounce is here

Will hpq announce some good earning afternoon? Then at least pull back the index tomorrow

I guess a lot of people is shorting now. If Fed announce some news, rate cut or some sort, then a squeeze appear, hopefully can at least pull back 1/3 from the fall. :D

Virtually all stocks down 5 to 10%, do u guys recall such a day before?? For me, never

Hope to catch the rebound, keep my finger cross, bit of contrarian, and know that down is fast n furious, but have to be real patience, 10bn stock should be ok right

Moved back to MB Trading, heard ib don't pay first 10k interest while mb does, and also i more of swing/position trader rather than intra day, and also there's inactivity fee in ib

Got my account transfer to IB from MB, but realised that IB margin rules sucks, my account is under $25k, and i exceed 3 day trades, so IB algorithm locks me up for 4 days no trading. But in MB trading, if i exceeds number of day trades, then i'll be termed PDT fro 90 days, and auto convert...

Thanks for all the advises, I don't know there's such things as time decay, and option value drops as time moves on... Mainly trading on stocks and heard about options but never play them so far...

Newbie to option. Options pros - cost little to buy a lot of shares (contract) cons: - since bought so much, risk is higher - some stocks options not so liquid, so spread is high But if let say i intend to just buy 100 shares say intc $22, cost $2200 If i buying one contract $17.5...