Search results

EVERYONE PLEASE BE HONEST! is my trading close to being on the right track? do i just need to make some small adjustments, or is my trading entirely wrong? thanks

babak, if you happen to track your trading like i do, would you mind telling me your expectancy and win rate? just so i have someone to compare myself to?

i tried what you said. if all losing trades were limited to -1, the system expectancy changes from +.11% to +.57% per trade. i think my win rate is kind of poor..only 36.67%.

thanks for the response. would you be willing to show an example of one of your trades?

actually, you're incorrect here. i'd say at least 50% of the trades were shorts. you can tell which are long and short by looking at the entry and intial stop. if the inital stop was lower than entry, it was a long trade. if the initial stop was higher than the entry, it was a short. you will...

the system had an expectancy of +.11%. that means per trade i averaged a .11% gain. so it did make money....but really, after commissions it didn't. :(

lol! seriously, i am disciplined when it comes to trading.. but i was just a little disappointed with my end results. plus, i'm joking a little... i'm willing to answer any question you need to know.

any time i had an R greater than -1, it was because of gaps or execution. once i enter a trade, i immediately entered my stop order. i really was disciplined, but some gaps and executions hurt me.

i'm a swingtrader and discipline is not my problem. i stuck to my system for a month without ever being emotional. after about a month's trading, the trades had an expectancy of +.11%, not including commissions. including commissions, i f%#@ing suck. here's a excel spreadsheet showing dates...

Hi, Could you please explain what "Calhoun's 2-day method" is? Thanks

Dear Investor: Thank you for your comments to the SEC regarding the recent changes relating to margin requirements for day trading. We welcome hearing from you because we keep a database of information about the complaints and inquiries we receive. This database allows us to track...

just wondering what people here use to determine to be long or short the market in general. i'm not really talking about intraday trading. for example, if you're a swing trader, what method do you use to decide to have a lot of long or short positions? do you use moving averages for say nasdaq...

thanks for the posts deeman.. interesting to see how things work. later

thanks everyone for your posts. my strategy was to only trade stocks in uptrends. i know the markets are in downtrends, but i figured that i could still play the long side as long as i stuck to uptrending stocks. i know many of you might recommend to just do the reverse of what i'm doing, but to...

i've been trading for about 2 years. i've made money overall, but lately i've just been going nowhere to slightly losing money. i've read all the books, tried all the indicators, tried no indicators.... i know about money management and position sizing (which probably saved me from doing worse)...

hitman, that was a great post! i knew exactly what you meant throughout the whole thing. i've been trading for about 2 years, and like you, i've tried all the different indicators. i eventually removed them all too.

all predictions are absolutely WORTHLESS. here is why... make many many predictions to many many people. when you guessed right, go back to the people you told the correct guess to and make a big deal about it. don't go back to the people you told the wrong guess to. also, out of all...

glad to see someone else who isn't brainwashed. i just want to add that being religious may not mean you have a low IQ. there are a lot of smart people who are religous too. i think a lot of people were just raised religious and it is hard for them to change what has become a core belief. like a...

just wanted to say thanks for doing that for us. later

NickLeeson, what does your signature "20/80" mean? just wondering..