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Actually, here is the punchline: “This isn’t useful to retail investors given the small fluctuations in returns.” An investor who takes advantage of recent intra-day trends to time his or her daily buying and selling—rather than trading at the same set time each day—could save a cent for every...

So if the set ups aren't good, then don't trade?

So basically what you're saying is, make good trades, and avoid bad trades?

Having an edge doesn't have anything to do with arbitrary time frame settings. The longer you hold, the more you're entering into the world of "buy and hold". If your strategy produces returns that are not in excess of a buy and hold, or reduce risk exposure, you are wasting your time trading...

Taking on bad trades frequently obviously will result in PnL deterioration. I don't think anyone would argue that.

I think I know what you're driving at here. I'll have the house to myself after midnight, so you can swing by anytime after 12:30. We'll have a couple hours to "overtrade" some bodily fluids. I'll show you what "a lot" is. ;)

What is the purpose of male nipples? Life itself? Shut up, you dweeb. There have to be hundreds of active users on this site, and only you found this thread important enough to be a top contributor. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/lot.asp

When you quote someone. It tells you in the upper left who is being quoted. It also copies the quote from the other person. and shows you. who is talking. to who. Oh and also, this is a forum for posting about trading, so from time to time you might find that people are posting stuff and...

No that doesn't make any sense. The term "overtrading" implies that a higher frequency of trading results in lower profits. The purported solution is to trade less("Smart"), trade higher time frames, etc. It's all a mind game to delay reality from sinking in. Trading emotionally, or without any...

I work in the gaming industry as a floor manager, so I apologize for all of the casino analogies, but I find that the two 'industries' are closely aligned so I think it's only fair. Let me assure you that the stock market doesn't hold a candle to the money siphoning power of (for...

Thank you so much?

The mathematical edge you have should be a constant regardless of the number of trades you make. If you can make 10 trades for a 1 point profit, or 1 trade for a 10 point profit, the result, minus the obvious increase in risk for the latter should be mathematically the same. Depending on the...

Personally I don't think it's necessary if you're confident in your edge. Unless you've gotten to the point where your risk of ruin is too high, (which we should have modeled for from the get-go)

No I was not baiting for "confirmation". I don't know how you gathered that from anything that I said.

Eliminating redundancy in an already effective strategy is one thing. I'm speaking to the people who think opening up their sand store in the Nevada desert only 3 days per week instead of 5 will somehow save their business.

I hear many posters on this site warning others about the pitfalls of "overtrading", or lamenting their own struggles with "overtrading". I want to take this opportunity to remind you that if your strategy has an edge, you should trade it as frequently as possible. That being said, if your...

Listen, the order flow is not targeting you specifically. That being said, if this is your mindset, you should stop trading real money and go back to demo. You clearly aren't mentally prepared for real money yet.

so what you're saying is you place a trade, it moves against you, so there must be a conspiracy?

So let me get this straight. You place a trade. The price then goes in the opposite direction you want it to go. You conclude that there must be a conspiracy against you. Is that correct?

And since he traded for ten days, the only meaningful metric to compare his results to would be the ten day benchmark for the same period. Comparing his results to other combines would be largely pointless because other combines are biased in regards to trader skill, timing, etc., while the...