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I actually have been on and off in market since 2012. I started off in 2012 and got burnt nearly 30K after buying some penny stocks with my friends. I quit...Then in 2015, I saved another 25K and started to buy some IPO with friends...got burnt again...All gone. Took me another 4 years to...

I traded options and my size was pretty big since I double downed twice. Bought BA calls, and it dropped.. So I doubled down. Etc... Then I jumped in nflx earning puts, expecting it tank after earnings... Stocks did open red but my puts also lost money due to time decay and premium lost...

Took me 8 years to build up 50K capital to be in market... Burnt 15k in just a week... I am still hurt at this point. Big difference when papertrade vs real. Strategy is the same... But I am way more relax when it's papertrade

I could not believe how fast money can be burnt in real trading. Lots of good advices in here. I am gonna take it very slowly now .. Even slower and trying to find a strategy that works, then implementing it with risk management. Will see

My porfolio was 50K. But now 35K left.. .I stopped. Just one week.. Wiped out 15K

I have been papertrading two months but not daily.. More like one trade every two days. This is a lot harder than I assume. I thought I was consistent but when it's real money, I started to sweat out and did not follow my rule. I tended to add and double down my position.. A lot of things too...

I did well in papertrade, but when I switched to real data, boy I lost nearly 15K my first week. So I stopped. .. Just wondering if anyone here experienced the same prior to become profitable? What did you do then after such situation. I completely lost confidence in myself with this market.

Just curious...please contribute your experience with level 3. I found it wasn't very useful and sometime harming my trades.

Wow , I am immersed with the amount of responses/tips from traders here. Hopefully, someday when I become profitable...then looking back at this post and have a smile. Now back to chart reading/backtesting.

I believe each successful trader has some very basic setups, but most don't want to teach or show to public. Meanwhile, a bunch of so called guru, such as Ross Cameron, Steven Dux are working on pump and dump penny stocks. These guys don't really teach people trading, but just alerting the...

Thanks for all the replies and input. I've been exposing in stock market since 2010 , have had major losses due to inexperiences and with a gambler attitude. However, I decided to seek education and started learning before throwing myself into market again. I have been trading here and there...

I am talking about consistent profitable trader, not the kind "win 5K today" , lose 6K tomorrow. If you are one, would you mind answering the following questions: 1/ How long did it take you to become profitable? 2/ Did you get any formal training? 3/ Did you lose a lot at the beginning...

I wanna trade stocks with high liquidity. Speed is very important . Possible #1.then price... I don't need platform support. I have thinkorswim charting already .

I plan to do 3-5 trades per day... And around 100 trades a month...

I plan to open an account for day trading.. . With 30K ... The thing is I would like to see which broker provides most reliable, fast execution and of course cheapest comissions ..... Please share your experience with the above. Thank you very much .

My goals: Start daytrading and make 10K/year. 2019: Bear market resumes....SNP likey drops 15%+.

Wow..what a great earning...Anyone here owning this stocks? I remember seeing this around 15s and I just sat out...Now already 47....:(

Janet Yellen is like this all day "um...uh, um...uh...no inflation...inflation is not yet up to our target".

Lol... That's hilarious.... Thanks for a good laugh

I am just curious about how others day trade. Do you buy and sell stocks with certain criteria, such as above 10+ dollars or more.... How do you decide to enter and exit a trade?? If you don't mind sharing.