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That's what I thought. I found that if you draw them by hand for a while it becomes quite easy to recognise them just eyeballing a chart.

I wouldn't go live until I could consistently make money in demo

60% is fantastic if you make twice as much on your winners as you lose on your losers.

There are several people I know that seem to have a similar strategy to Mickey. The theory is that you buy a small amount of a whole bunch of stocks. Seeing as how stocks have no upside limit and a 100% is all you can lose, then in theory your winners should outperform over a long period of...

A matter of opinion :D:D:D

Sorry Mic; Must be early onset Alzheimer's; I mostly ask questions for you to answer yourself, to make you question whether what you are doing is worthwhile. I don't really give a fat rats ass one way or the other. I gather what you are doing is easy and you are comfortable with the process but...

You might be interested in a couple book by David Allen Carter The 12% solution and The stock market cash trigger. All about long term wealth creation with a twist.

Are your returns anywhere close to holding SPY?

You mean the secret that the experienced players have that you don't? Well i hate to tell you this but there isn't one. The market operates on fear and greed. That's why the psychology part is so important. You have to be able to guess what the other players are thinking. You can't possibly...

Death Cross Definition (investopedia.com) The price is trending down. What else do you need to know?

How do you do that? What I measure is whether I followed the plan. (Yes or No). If my equity curve drops then I can tell whether the problem is the plan or the trader. Equity curve All part of the plan. the execution should be planned. What do I trade, how much to I trade, when do I exit...

I don't download files if I can avoid it. What does it do? Looks like it just draws boxes. There is a lot more to Darvis than just boxes.

Take the time to write a plan!!

That's what the guys with the martingale strategy tell me until that one time when they run out of capital. :)

So much for not trading in the afternoon. Gotta work on your discipline!! :D

So what causes stress for good to great traders?

Stress is cause by not knowing what to do.

When I say ask why I mean for every thing you do. Why did I take this trade, why did I exit here and so on. If your answer starts with "I was afraid" you have things to work on. Can you define your edge? Not to me but to yourself. If you can then your ahead of most traders. You mentioned that...

Probably going to miss a couple great trades. The market will tempt you that way. :)

The question to ask yourself is why? Why a mental stop? Why not a hard stop? Do you have a check list of all the criteria a entry has to meet be fore you make the trade? How often do you deviate from it because you're impatient? Is the term "wiggle room" in your vocabulary?