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Thx for the advice Spectre!!!

I want to thank everyone for taking the time to offer your advice and opinions. I just took the time to carefully read all of them. It's one thing to consider a career change like this but as some of you have stated the end result can be a lot different than what I'm expecting. It's invaluable...

Hello, I'd really appreciate some advice as I have a lot to consider. I'll try and keep it short. I'm a corporate pilot, been flying for over 16 years. It's been an amazing ride but the work conditions in my business keep deteriorating. It's been a lot of fun but being constantly on the road is...

BTW the idea was to hedge short term. USD should keep going up, just taking a breather vs the CAD and will scale back in once it stabilizes. So go dollar!

Thanks for all the advice! It took a while to get me head around it but the lightbulb finally lit up. I made it more complicated than it needed to be. Started the day believing I had found the best hedge through options, then considered forex and finally realized the simplest way is to scale...

I appreciate your input. FXC has little liquidity and the options do add a level of complexity which is fine. Your response is spot on OTM, I'm now looking at expanding my IB account to include forex. With 40 to 1 leverage I can buy the needed CAD to hedge. Victor it's a good idea but I don't...

Hey there, I'm an active but small Canadian stock trader with an account size in the 40K range. I trade US equities and need to hedge my US dollar exposure. With futures and FX options being too leveraged for my account size I figure my best bet is to use options on the Canadian dollar ETF FXC...

Thx for the advice, link..

Unfortunately my account is around 50K. What about options? Otherwise some other ideas that I know of is to short the DXY or UUP etfs. Or maybe look into shorting a triple or double US dollar ETF. That would give some leverage.

Hi, I would really appreciate some suggestions on how best to hedge US dollar exposure. I'm a Canadian that trades US equities. I've ridden the dollar move up by being fully invested in USD which has worked nicely. But I lack experience and a plan on how to hedge against the dollar when it...

BTW two books on short selling I've read are How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short and Trader Vic. Those are good, but for the time being I'm looking for something more mechanical/technical, til we're in a confirmed downtrend.

Hey, I'm putting in a lot of research and effort in learning about and testing different short selling strategies/systems. There aren't many good books on the subject. I'm specifically looking for strategies that you can scan stocks for. My time period is days to weeks, even months. I'm more of...

The positions were long only and entered a few days earlier on the bounce so gains were limited. Profit targets and stops were set but I chose to get out as a precaution. I will look into and consider hedging. The lesson here is that I didn't have a solid gameplan for when I felt there was a...

Hi all, This is a question directed to experienced traders. Those that have witnessed market reactions to important geopolitical events over the years, several bull and bear markets and that have generally successfully navigated rough waters. I've been trading for 5 years and studying the...

Hi, I'm starting to search for new markets to trade that can offer uncorrelated (as much as possible) opportunities relative to equities for a small trader. I'd really appreciate suggestions on where I can start looking. I'm a stock swing trader slowly growing a small account 12K x margin...

Thanks a lot for your advice I appreciate it. I will look into it. Happy trading!!!!

Hi, I'm an individual trader that is new to automated trading. I'm working on systematizing my trading and looking for affordable software that can automatically scale down positions on several price targets and adjust stops. Ideally +/- $50 or less per month. I've played with NinjaTrader a...