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I concur with BMK on this.. I have a margin account and so everything is in this stock. In fact, I owe the brokerage 12k for holding more shares than I have in cash. My day trading profits do go to pay off the loans however. This is done slowly as I don't make large sums of money trading. I...

Thanks BMK for your response. So for my situation, I have bought and kept shares at various dates of that stock, while I have also day traded the same symbol. I have done a ton of trades for that symbol (A lot). This is in the same account. So do I basically need to go back and do a spread...

Hi All, I'm an active day trader. Before this year, I day traded all the time on my only trading account. I held no positions going into this year. However this year, there is a stock that I wanted to keep long term. I have over time accumulated a 10k share position on the stock in my...

I can see the black swan event happening in both directions because sudden news can come out at anytime and kill what would be a normal trade. These black swan events usually happen with extremely high volume as whatever the event is can override normal trading conditions. I have thought about...

So the guy never had a losing day for 9 months straight? If this is true, then I need to shut up and let this forum thread die.

I have taken mental stops before when I was down too much. But then I realized that stops whether actionable or mental are the source of my losses. Don't get me wrong, it is very mentally hard to trade without stops. I recall when stops used to kill me especially on barb wire formations.

That's what people have told me here before. Believe me, I have found something close to the Holy Grail for trading. I have been blessed and feel extremely lucky to find this. So far, I refuse to lose and it's been two months now. Obviously, what I'm seeing and using to trade and what you're...

No Risk/Reward Ratio. I do not use stops because I do not like taking losses. I do occasionally take losses due to wrong button pushing or reading something wrong and I get out quick because I did not mean to jump in, other than that, no stops. My profits are a mental game, I still sell...

Not new here... After losing for 5 years, I believe that I've finally turned the corner. I haven't had a losing day this last month (pretty much the previous month before that too) and so far made up for the losses of last year. I believe I've found something very close to the holy grail of...

Just curious, how many winning days do people here need to see from a 90-100% trader to be convinced this trader is legit and has found the holy grail? 90-100 winning days in a row?

Just as the thread name says, I'm curious what the readers here think and how much one would be willing to pay to learn the techniques to be 90-100% always positive trader (essentially never or rarely have a losing trade). I've read some high frequency trading companies never have losing...

Been a long time since I've been here. I use Lightspeed and still do. The platform is good. Much better than Scottrade when I first got into this stuff. Lightspeed charges around $21 a month for market data and $100 a month if you don't generate $100 in commissions. The $100 is not a...

I was very depressed about posting trades on and after the 13th.. since I lost big in two days. But the rest of the month was hard work to get it back. 03/13 -650 03/14 -184 03/17 + 65 03/18 + 51 03/19 +116 03/20 + 75 03/21 + 75 03/24 + 89 03/25 + 92 03/26...

Was still too scared to get in today. There were opportunities but just didn't do it. Can't shake it. Breaking down pyschologically. Watched charts all day. +4 Win 1 Nothing scalp on XOM

Another tough day. -210 Just another big setback. I was trying to trade BIDU all day and in a sense I was chasing the price again for a small scalp that turned bad. Wins 3 Three small scalps as I was not trading high volume today. Loss 1 I let the trade go on too long. The only thing...

Another weak sauce day as I couldn't get in. I was really tired from being up late yesterday and wasn't up for trading much. I missed out on some opportunities where I either didn't stay in the trade or had small positions. Missing out on opportunities is also very frustrating. I did have...

Personally I think you should start your own journal since you are new. That way people can comment and perhaps give positive or negative feedback. All in all, it could help you. You can post charts of your trades (entries and exits) and people can provide their two cents worth. Advice that...

I finally got a decent day to end the week. I am still trying to make up for last Friday's loss. It's crazy how a one day big loss can be such a big set back. I have some things to do later as well as a night job so it's going to end early today. Locking in the gains today and not going to...

I was psyched out again today. Part of me told me to add shares to what would work out. I opted to scalp out again. I could've profited much more but could not hold the anxiety. I adjusted the exit price several times for what came to be a scalp. Ridiculous. I need to be more selective...

Couldn't bring myself to get in today. Yesterday's one losing trade really put a number on me. I did stay up late the previous night so I was very tired early and opted to sleep more. Just did a quick scalp. +7 Win 1 Quick scalp on CVX