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There doesn't seem to be any definite correlation between the length of time you use for the ma and the size of the ma. I looked at HGT, SYPR & REDF. As the ma increases in size the ATR gets smaller. However the major indexes SPY and DIA the ATR gets bigger as the ma increases QQQ and...

Any reason you use those numbers? Why not the 20 ma to reflect more recent price moves? Do you also use the ATR to determine your exits?

Can you explain how you determine position size? Do you take the size of your account into consideration? I calculate the location of my stop and risk a percentage of my capital.

I'll take a look.

I agree; I'll be watching closely at that resistance. mind you a $1.50 to $2.00 move would be a decent short term return. And if it manages to get by $11.00 a double isn't out of the question. I'll have to dig out my copy and re read. Thanks for the feed back.

I’m looking at BBRY as a possibility. My investing time frame for this position is long term although I will take a loss if I get a sell signal. I developed a fairly simple method to enter and exit trades after reading Weinstein’s Book. I use the cross of the 30 ma as a signal. But...

REDF A look at the weekly chart shows several quick spikes up in the past. What makes you believe this one is the breakout? So far it hasn't traded above the high of the last spike up.

After 129 pages I'm not so sure that's right. It's a damn tough way to find out if you are capable of being a profitable futures trader. I don’t think I could do it. My biggest problem is the over all winning days greater than 55%. My own strategy has about a 37% win rate but the winning...

So you are saying that the account size doesn't matter. You just compare how well each trader does trading one contract. At the end of the year if every one has made $5000; the $5000 account and the $100000 account have the same performance? Is this how the hedge funds report their...

So I learned something new to day. I was always under the impression that return on invested capital was the important number. That has always been the draw for the futures market; You can control a huge amount of capital with a small account size. At the end of the day, if successful...

Can we measure risk as it pertains to trading? Simplistically I define my risk as a percentage of my capital that I may lose on any one trade. It’s a risk I can measure in terms I can understand. EI: I am willing to risk X to make Y However there are also many other risks that can...

I’m also a fan of Stan Weinstein’s. What I remember about his method was that he used the 30 ma to make trades. What are you looking for to enter a trade? I modified his method a bit and it kept me out of the 2008 downturn.

In another thread And I agree. What is Risk and how do we as traders cope with it. Let’s start by defining risk. Dictionary Definition of risk: 1: possibility of loss or injury : peril 2: someone or something that creates or suggests a hazard 3a: the chance of loss or the...

In the money , out of the money, this month or farther out?

I'd put the above in a class that I'd call "Shit that Happens" or "Life" I have no control over that but I can plan for it and try not to panic. The risk I have a smigeon of control over is how I take my many losses.

How do you define RISK? My definition is the amount of my capital I can lose on any one trade. Big losses come from not taking small losses.

Looks like we got the break.

Gringo: My lines are a bit different. I don't have a break of the supply line yet. I guess it's all in where you draw the line.

I guess in theory you are right. All you have to do is to increase the number of trades you make to increase the percentage return. I have trouble finding 100 set ups per year swing trading stocks. I scan the entire market daily and may only find a couple trades a week. There are weeks I...

20% a year swing trading stocks is not an unreasonable target. You have to make 1 trade per week. That doesn’t mean you have to trade each week or close out a trade each week, only that you need to make 50 transactions a year. Only take trades that will give you a 3 to 1 reward to risk to...