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If I understand this correctly, you are trying to model how long a trade lasts? That would depend on you and your risk tolerance? Even a trending stock could suddenly, stop trending or go the other way. "A better approach is trade with the trend as long as it lasts." When the trend ends, that is...

Moving averages are lagging indicators. Did you know that? You need 7 days to get the average and get 1 data point. A lot of things happen everyday, let alone 7 days? By the time you act, the stock price has moved a mile? Like all tools, moving averages are just that. As a trading system, it...

Stock trading is a game of percentages, as long as your trading system has an edge, over a number of trades, let us say 200 or 500, the number of trades doesn't really matter, you should show a profit. That is how the casinos makes their monies by having the edge over the gambler. Gamblers in...

Wilburbear, good take all the booster shots and have all your kids even the small ones vaccinated. Extreme liberal idiots think the unvaccinated will be harmed? You are an even bigger idiot when adverse effects on those vaccinated, the more vaccines injected, the worst for you fools. There was...

If you are serious about learning to trade stocks, I would give you these bits of advice that has helped me a lot. Focus on two things: 1) Risk management, risk no more than 2% per trade and commit no more than 10% of your capital to trades at any given time. 2) Make sure your trades are aligned...

So, an extreme liberal judge throws out Sarah Palin's case even before the jury can decide on it? Shows utter bias. One day, you GWB and our other ET trolls would be in a US court and wish you had a fair judge and a fair jury. Good luck with that. It would be karmic retribution for your vile...

It may be he is just playing the NATO warmongers guessing knowing that sending those troops and fighter jets, arms to neighboring NATO countries cost monies and that eventually, the NATO assclowns will get tired of it. Now, all Putin needs to do is keep the prices of oil and natural gas high to...

Russia is a nuclear superpower whether you accept that or not. I know the soy boys Johnson, Macron, Biden all itching for a fight which is why they moved NATO troops into neighboring NATO countries. They will get that war they want at some point. Good luck with that.

US is not going to increase oil drilling while, Joe Biden is in charge. Good luck with that. Now, we import oil from Saudi Arabia. Higher oil prices will hurt the US. Oil is already $90 a barrel, if war breaks out, it will head higher. You think inflation is bad now----it will get worst. Much...

Not now but, in the future. Once, Ukraine becomes a NATO member, the US can put missiles in Russia's backyard. Remember President John F. Kenney saying he will not tolerate Russian missiles in Cuba? How is this any different? You have to respect Russia as a nuclear superpower. What Putin asked...

More likely, BS accounting gimmicks and nothing else. When the government only knows how to spend, spend and spend some more, where are you getting the surplus from? A surplus assumes you spent less than your budget? We would not have this very high inflation if not, for massive government...

Spikey, look in the mirror, the hypocrite is staring at you. It is thee. Extreme liberal idiot such as you, why have you not held accountable the Clintons, Obamas, Bidens, AOC, Omar, Tlaib, Pressley (the squad) for all they have done so far? Why? It is because you are an utter hypocrite and can...

Never buy a stock just because you think it is cheap. It is cheap for good reason. When hedge funds who are probably, aware of that stock's inherent weakness and actual value are probably, shorting it---you do not want to go against the trend. Look at the StockCharts and analyze it. All the...

Small losses are easy to recoup and cover with larger gains. Gap downs happen less often than people think. Most times, the stop loss is hit and the stock either tanks completely, and starts it move lower. Or in the event it bounces back up, there is no rule that you cannot enter and place...

That is why you keep losing your monies. Soy seems to be that ET trader perpetually hoping that he will eventually, get it right. Sorry, guy you have been so wrong so many times, it is hilarious for you to dole out trading advice. Here is what is going to happen, if war breaks out, sanctions...

The time to use stop limit orders is when you are exiting and have a huge profit. Say bid is $18 and ask is $20 and you bought the stock at $10. It is trading at $20 now. So, you place a stop limit with a stop price of $19 and a limit price of $18. Stock drops to $19. Your order now becomes a...

A stop loss will not protect you from gap downs. Still, you must use it. A stock that drops from $20 to $12 must be sold, no matter how painful the loss. That stock could continue falling all the way to $1 or even zero. Stop losses are there to save your capital, not totally, prevent you from...

FB on the daily chart looks very ugly. If the premiums were not so rich, I would have shorted this already with put options.

Stop limits are not the same as stop losses. Two different order types. A stop limit triggers when it hits the stop price but, becomes a limit order. On the other hand, a stop loss triggers when it hits the stop price but, becomes a market order. A stop loss is designed to exit the trade pronto...

Depends on what you trade. If you trade stocks, you can put in a hard stop loss on a GTC basis. That protects your capital from huge losses. Options, you need a mental stop as the bid and ask spreads are wide. Otherwise, the slippage is huge and would be very costly. Use a stop loss always. The...