Search results

I'm not saying technical analysis will definitely lead to failure. It is true that there are studies showing that, on average, those who use a technical trading strategy under perform other traders. But that's an average - I'm sure there are some successful technical traders out there. I do...

Again, thanks everybody for the comments and questions. After the initial learning period, I kept beta with respect to the market index under 1, and controlled tail risk. The account was always diversified, with stock positions kept under 20% of equity at all times. So, no leverage was really...

Thanks everybody for the kind comments. I'm able to work full time because I live in Europe and trade the US markets in the evening. The job is strictly 9-5 (which was one of the criteria for choosing it). Also I live 15 minutes away from the office. If I had to travel or work overtime...

There has always been, and will always be, much debate about whether it's possible to beat the market as an individual trader, and if so, to what extent. I thought I would post my personal experience of trading on this forum to provide one more data point to prospective traders about the...