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    Only trade volatile stocks

    Hey its not boring Privateer, keep 'em coming! I "absorbed" your previous posts but would still like you to give me like at least 3 stocks that fit to your last post' description so I can see what you are talking about. What I found is this (Ensign weekly charts): WM BMET CMX GSB...
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    How to shut out emotions- my 3rd day

    Hallo Harry and Privateer, Yes Harry I am from Croatia, Europe (if you ever come to Croatia for a holiday, call!). As Privateer said I understand my options concerning my acct size and all, so I decided to give it a shot in swingtrading. Looks like my main problems are emotions for now...
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    Only trade volatile stocks

    Hello I was wondering what is the right way ti find those stocks that PRIVATEER and the rest of you mention, as I have tried some scanners but heh... not much success. And BTW, what is that BETA? THX Alex
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    IB order cancelled - wont go through

    Yes good 2 cents. OK, maybe a dollar :) I agree with you on DRMD. Will never listen to other peoples oppinion again. I also belive that basically price and volume are the two things one could and should only rely on (since all the indicators are derived from them) and I dont rely heavily on...
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    How to shut out emotions- my 3rd day

    Guys, guys... Lets calm the spirits! Que, I dont recall offending you or anything and If someone deleted your posts It sure wasnt me. Wareagle has mailed me explaining the situation It may be that I posted a thread in the wrong forum (THX for the kick in the B*** Voodoo ;)) or something so...
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    IB order cancelled - wont go through

    Dear Privateer, I really appreciate the effort you put in theese replies. I just wanted to say that I double checked my orders and NO, there weren't any problems with size, type, price (it was market order in the end ) etc... Only thing that I can think of is If it was ARCA (cant really...
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    How to shut out emotions- my 3rd day

    Heres the link to the thread that REALLY describes what has happened to me today... Had an order executed by phone cos it wouldnt go over the net. ARRRG! Alex http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2607
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    IB order cancelled - wont go through

    Dear fellow traders! Today i almost had a heart attack.Why? As some of you may know I have been long this stock DRMD - yeah, trades like 100k shares a day. Bought it yestarday @ 22.58 put my stop @ 21.70ish. Today It gapped up and I put in another stop @ 22.10. After like 10 or 15...
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    How to shut out emotions- my 3rd day

    K, guys Privateer, tHX for the insights, and dont pay attention to the length of the post; if its this good I wouldnt mind it being 100 pages long :cool: ! I'll try to follow your advice... No, I am not in the game for the thrills of it or anything else but 1st - TO PRESERVE MONEY. 2nd...
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    How to shut out emotions- my 3rd day

    BSAm Thanx for being honest:) . I however think that it is really the best option for me or I will just end up spending my money on something stupid. And In Croatia there aren't actually ANY possibilities to enlarge that acct into something bigger. Besides, I think that It was JMC Graw that...
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    My plays for wednesday - and reasoning behind

    Dear traders, my plays for today and how I chose them: ********** FE - 35.84 stop 34.81 risk 1.03 stoch crossing 50, rsi also AMD - 11.05 9.94 risk 1.11 stoch bouncin of 75, rsi crossing 70 EMC - 13.81 12.27 risk 1.54 stoch crossin 75 rsi bouncin of 50 GT - 19.45 18.35...
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    How to shut out emotions- my 3rd day

    Guys - GREAT DISCUSSION Stockoptionist - Options are a no-no for me as I would have a lot to learn and I DO however know something about stocks. Privateer - I agree with your analysis of DRMD, and I DID make a mistake by taking it. I did so because of others opinion (another mistake)...
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    How to shut out emotions- my 3rd day

    How am I doing? Been watching for the most part of it, hanging out in a great small iRC channel with the regular company that has really taught me a lot... Today is my 3rd day of trading (actually I have 4k so im in the swing trading category) and im long 100 DRMD (which I think may not have...
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    Disciplined Trading - feedback appreciated

    ""Also, watch the Matrix. Everyday."" He he say I ... NEO_hr ; awesome movie. Good luck Ravi and ya'll Alex
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    Please recommend short term swing. stocks

    wow, wouldnt mess with options as I have absolutely no clue bout them...I heard a saying once how theres the gambling room on the exchange floor and that is the options pit or room ro whatever...he he
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    Please recommend short term swing. stocks

    OK, could be starting Monday. As I will be starting my trading then. Actually what I meant was if there are certain stocks for this type of trading like there are those for daytrading we all know (JNPR, CIEN, AMAT, AMGN, BRCD, BRCM, CHKP, NEWP, NTAP etc etc etc). I thought there could be...
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    Please recommend short term swing. stocks

    Please Id like to hear about what stocks would be suitable for 1-3 day swing trading. Or at least what parameters to look for. Thank you all, Alex
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    To Robert - R/R ratio and positive expectancy

    Hello all! Hope you made a nice buck this week and are willing for some more education of us newbies. This is primarilly adressed to R.Tharp as he and his respected father introduced this concept. Now I trade off S/R and place my stops accordingly . However I would like to have a few...
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    Trading journal-My first trade

    Guys, I just wanted to explain this chat room where we hang in. Hitman says well not to follow anyones advice in the rooms but this is a small private channel on mIRC where like 10ish traders havg every day (have been doing so for a looong time), and they really helped me progress in my trading...
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    new trader

    plus aditional 98 years :D No, seriously, I have made some sort of contact with a lot of very experienced guys (some of them here) and noone is CONSISTENTLY profitable. The trick is to have bigger winners than your losers are and stay in the game... Just my 2c Alex
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