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Stocks can move without volume because there is no balance between supply and demand. You will get a volume spike on triple witching days and broker crosses between institutions.

Why is it a problem? A quick glance at the thread starter and you can ignore that thread. He gets some response so some people are interested.

Yes it should be a given, but unless you ask you never know. The only metric I look at is equity curve compared to a buy and hold of SPY.

That's a lot of stocks. Does the system outperform the index ETF's? Can you throw some recent results or backtest numbers at us?

Good call!! Where's your exit?

I prefer to buy stocks that are rising in price. Too much overhead resistance in your list.

Isn't that what they used to say about GM?

To me that's terrible advice. Position size should be related to the risk you are willing to take, not the number of shares. Let your winners run. It's all about making money, not taking quick profits. Don't let the trade go way wrong, bail as soon as it goes a little wrong. You know your...

I risk a percentage of my account. I take the difference between my entry and my stop and divide that into whatever % I'm willing to risk and that becomes my position size. My risk is constant not the position size.

That's true. But % return puts things in context without compromising your privacy.

Where and how do you find one of those?

Really? How so?

Actually your return over 2 years is only about 34% per year. The magic of compounding works both ways.:)

I'm sure she will when she starts speaking to me again.

That's a chart of a bears account value. :)

Trading is his hobby. He make a living as an educator.

Risk tolerance is about you. Coin flip; You have 3 choices. You can keep your 100K or You lose 40K so you have 60K left You win and double your money and have 200K Which option do you choose. Most people believe that they have a high risk tolerance but when it comes to their own money they...

definition of a downtrend is lower swing highs and lower swing lows. It depends on your time frame. The daily uptrend is still valid.

I've never seen risk tolerance defined as a percentage. Does that mean you are willing to lose 40% of your investment? Every one wants to get kinda high risky returns but no one wants to lose money. What do you consider a conservative investment?