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  1. KCalhoun

    Daytrading: Do you prefer the closest, average, or highest resistance on breakout entries?

    Closest for initial trade, further up for scale-ins
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    Trading Volatility: UVXY Winning day trades (see where I sold near the top)

    Lol I did a few small trades, that's my way of warming up. I was trading a couple of 100-share SQQQ trades too. Watch out, Wall Street :p But hey I made $ today, a bit
  3. KCalhoun

    Trading Volatility: UVXY Winning day trades (see where I sold near the top)

    Hi - those are exits where I sold each position. The word SELL in each trade indicates that.
  4. KCalhoun

    Trading Volatility: UVXY Winning day trades (see where I sold near the top)

    I'm showing proof I made winning trades in UVXY showing screencap PnL proof from my fidelity account from the sales, eg where I sold. What would you suggest I say instead? I'll update the title to say 'see where I sold near the top", though wordy. My intent is simply to show proof of where on...
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    Trading Volatility: UVXY Winning day trades (see where I sold near the top)

    gotta love it, small size but hey $ talks; here's a few winners today bought on the way up, sold near top the market trembles at my godlike trading powers lol
  6. KCalhoun

    Randomness And Trading

    Good point-- intraday news, tweets, fed speaking are all sources of randomness for daytrading... which is why I use automated OTO trailing or hard stops every time I trade.
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    Randomness And Trading

    Exactly.... and we all have unique interpretations of what random is. Look at today's MU MIST big breakouts.... random or predictable? Goal is to develop trading strategies and rules designed to minimize negative impact of minor random price fluctuations.... while booking profits on the...
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    7/23 Today's Watchlist: PFE AMD IBIO SLV

    7/23 Today's Watchlist: PFE AMD IBIO SLV
  9. KCalhoun

    "CoVID-19" is over.

    The nightmare is just beginning, according to experts. Let's hope a vaccine comes out soon.
  10. KCalhoun

    Randomness And Trading

    Fascinating discussion. When it comes to randomness and trading: Some things like average daily range are relatively consistent, not random Some chart patterns, like yesterday's PFE mean reversion bounce I traded profitably, are less random It's HOW you manage risk and profit taking, your...
  11. KCalhoun

    Scalping is Risky?

    Smart post, agree.. Scalping is the riskiest type of trading because it requires large size and very accurate entries and exits. Usually less than a few minutes roundtrips. I prefer intraday trades of anywhere from 20 minutes to several hours.
  12. KCalhoun

    Daytrading Charts: How to Set them Up

    Great question; right re chop. Top criteria is always "is the S&P (or stock/etf) taking out a 2day high by 10AM?". Also I pay very close attention to the TRIN. Lots more to it.
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    Daytrading Charts: How to Set them Up

    For stock and ETFs, here's my setup; feel free to ask questions. The main feature is the large 2-day 1 minute candle chart: Tip: see how all charts show at least 2 hours of premkt price action? That's very useful, to follow gap movers before 9:30am. Also in lower right corner is a closeup...
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    7/21 Today's Watchlist: IMRN TWTR MU IBIO SRNE FB

    Excellent points, congrats re gold, it's been strong. One of my traders told me about silver etf SLV, it's also ran well.
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    Your FREE Friday 'Trading Week Ahead' @12 Noon ET Webinars with Ken Calhoun

    FREE Friday 'Trading Week Ahead' Noon Webinars >> https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8934276753367621391 Popular!
  16. KCalhoun

    New York Democrats Want To Tax Stock Trades As State Revenues Plummet

    Fk dems https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/12/06/biden-we-should-have-a-financial-transaction-tax.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/19/financial-transaction-tax-could-hit-average-americans.html https://thehill.com/policy/finance/484433-financial-trade-tax-gains-traction-with-2020-democrats
  17. KCalhoun

    NY wants to try a FTT

    If Democrats win, we're fucked. "If it moves, tax it" especially wall street with ftt
  18. KCalhoun

    Premarket trading: Gaps & Breakouts before 9:30

    True... today gap n crap so far in S&P: oil's up UCO OXY, bounces UVXY TZA a bit
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    7/21 Today's Watchlist: IMRN TWTR MU IBIO SRNE FB

    Thanks! Also oil plays OXY UCO etc up too
  20. KCalhoun

    7/21 Today's Watchlist: IMRN TWTR MU IBIO SRNE FB

    7/21 Today's Watchlist: IMRN TWTR MU IBIO SRNE FB We'll cover these in www.tradingtheopen.com today
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