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For stock swing traders what does 25K equal to margin wise in this game? 50 K ? 63 K ? 83 K ? :confused:

When you do enter a short trade, make sure you do it as a limit order or you could be in for a rude surprise. One bad experience was more than enough !!! :D

Wait --- the cents or dollars per share is unimportant. So I don't see any reason for the question. And as inferred before, if your trading 100 shares of $150 stock verses 2000 shs of a $2 stock your cents per share outlook is certainly different. Each trade should be measured by how it...

I set up an agreement with my wife that would in effect have me "pay" for the cost of the capital I took from our savings Monthly I pay 1 % of the capital "invested" in my trading account back to our general funds - regardless of profit or loss. Secondly I set up a formula for funds to be...

I have been day trading less then a month and besides "jumping" in too soon on my entries the following two problems have kept my profits down also and but I think I have solutions for both. Monday trading will tell!!! 1. I have in this short period left too many (eventual winning) trades...

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. Appears at times that your R was too small. Bigger R but less shares may help you.