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Trademetria is one. https://www.trademetria.com/?partner=34631316

I have a trading room on EchoFin. I use it mainly for myself and another trader (only the 2 of us can post in certain chatrooms, although we have other chatrooms open to others). At this point, I'm still a bit hesitant to open it up to others beyond the dozen or so folks who are in it now as...

Thank you!!! Maybe now we can stop the debate as to whether TA "works." The better question is whether a particular trader can make TA tools work for him or her, individually.

:fistbump::fistbump: Now these 2 guys I could trade with!

If you're successful at it, that's all that matters! My comments were more directed at someone who is focused on the micro but is not having success. Best wishes to you!

Thanks for your reply and being receptive. I have to remind myself that just because I'm drawn to shorter time frames in the market (i.e., your "addicting" reference), doesn't mean I should be trading them. You can always cut your size down, especially now with the micros, to trade bigger...

To this point, I think day trading off 5-minute charts is even harder! Part of the issue is that if you're that micro, you may be missing the bigger picture. Some people may be able to do it successfully but I have seen a lot of folks trying to do this and have no idea where the real momentum...

I use TA exclusively but I think the TA that most people use isn't that valuable. People love to argue for or against TA. I generally don't care but when that TastyTrade guy says "nothing works" just because he tests some individual candlestick pattern in isolation, he's just confirming his...

It is if you believe it is. The problem is that people try to make TA into a quantifiable science. TA is a bunch of tools. It is how you use and apply those tools.

What happened on the trade?

This firm has been short for a while. https://www.diamond-hill.com/wp-content/uploads/holdings/20200831_long-short-fund-holdings.pdf

This is nothing compared to the firms who shorted it months ago -- or even last year and continue to hold their short positions.

Oh, no doubt. That can be an issue. But at least if you're following bad rules, you can figure out that the problem is your system and not your ability to execute it. Then you adapt. A major problem for some traders is a flawed strategy. The flawed strategy is due to incorrect assumptions...

Mistakes are not following your rules. if you don't have rules, everything you do is a mistake. - Van Tharp

How do you make decisions to begin with?

This is something that I have tried and have had success with after bad trades to help get in a better mindset. https://www.daytradingpsychology.com/positive-neuroprogramming-for-traders/

Simply an awesome perspective!

Interesting. I think it's one of the best tests of self-mastery and mental discipline. I wonder if he looked at trading the same way someone looks at becoming a master at chess or even a champion professional poker player. For me, I have some unique pattern recognition skills and trading has...

Thanks for posting all of the links / resources. Best wishes to you!

That is a valid point. One thing that has stuck with me for years is Van Tharp talking about personal responsibility. I remember he had a student who was paralyzed due to a football injury. Through one of Van Tharp's workshops, he had this student finally accept responsibility for his...