ChatGPT: One Page Manifesto on Day Trading & Trading Plan

This is a one page manifesto on day trading.

Day Trading Manifesto: The Simple Art of Creating Wealth

I believe that day trading is a rewarding career that offers me freedom, flexibility, and financial independence. I am committed to improving my skills and achieving my potential as a day trader. I am proud to be a part of the day trading community that strives for excellence and innovation. As a day trader, I pledge to:
  • Educate myself on the fundamentals of trading, the markets, and the instruments I trade.
  • Develop and test a trading plan that suits my personality, goals, and risk tolerance.
  • Follow my trading plan with discipline and consistency, and adapt it as I learn from my experience.
  • Manage my risk by setting stop-losses, position sizes, and diversifying my portfolio.
  • Keep track of my performance and review my trades regularly.
  • Stay informed of the news and events that affect the markets and my trades.
  • Maintain a positive mindset and a healthy lifestyle.

Recommended Trading Plan for John Doe
  • Trading Style: Swing trading (??)
  • Trading Objective: To generate consistent income from trading stocks
  • Risk Tolerance: Moderate
  • Trading Capital: $50,000
  • Maximum Risk per Trade: 2% of capital ($1,000)
  • Maximum Risk per Day: 6% of capital ($3,000)
  • Profit Target per Trade: 4% of capital ($2,000)
  • Profit Target per Month: 20% of capital ($10,000)
  • Trading System: Trend following using moving averages and MACD
  • Entry Rules: Buy when price crosses above the 50-day moving average and MACD is positive; sell when price crosses below the 50-day moving average and MACD is negative
  • Exit Rules: Use a trailing stop-loss of 2% or a fixed profit target of 4%; exit if the trade is open for more than 10 days
  • Position Sizing: Use the Kelly criterion to determine the optimal position size based on the win rate and reward-to-risk ratio of the system
  • Trading Hours: Trade only during regular market hours (9:30 am to 4:00 pm EST)
  • Trading Days: Trade only on weekdays (Monday to Friday)
  • Trading Instruments: Trade only liquid stocks with an average daily volume of at least 1 million shares
  • Trading Journal: Record every trade with the date, time, entry price, exit price, position size, profit or loss, and any notes or observations
  • Performance Review: Review the trading journal and performance metrics at the end of each month; identify strengths and weaknesses; make adjustments if needed

Not bad at all! Of course there is plenty of space for improvements, but for a first draft it is not bad at all!
 
20% a month compounds to 800% a year.
And very scalable if it is swing trading(??), with hold periods of up to 10 days.

Did ChatGPT write all of that? Because it sounds like it does not know about the difference between day trading and swing trading.

Maybe best not to assume every month we will reach profit target...just saying. :caution:
 
If you consider "50 day" as "50-period" MA, it shouldn't sound so out of place.
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Sounded better before/ you fudged corrected it:D:D\
even though one of my chart systems does fudge like that.
[i dont mean smear like a hot fudge sunday/ fudge like a slant or hedge]:D:D
 
Recommended Trading Plan for John Doe
  • Trading Style: Swing trading (??)
  • Trading Objective: To generate consistent income from trading stocks
  • Risk Tolerance: Moderate
  • Trading Capital: $50,000
  • Maximum Risk per Trade: 2% of capital ($1,000)
  • Maximum Risk per Day: 6% of capital ($3,000)
  • Profit Target per Trade: 4% of capital ($2,000)
  • Profit Target per Month: 20% of capital ($10,000)
  • Trading System: Trend following using moving averages and MACD
  • Entry Rules: Buy when price crosses above the 50-day moving average and MACD is positive; sell when price crosses below the 50-day moving average and MACD is negative
  • Exit Rules: Use a trailing stop-loss of 2% or a fixed profit target of 4%; exit if the trade is open for more than 10 days
  • Position Sizing: Use the Kelly criterion to determine the optimal position size based on the win rate and reward-to-risk ratio of the system
  • Trading Hours: Trade only during regular market hours (9:30 am to 4:00 pm EST)
  • Trading Days: Trade only on weekdays (Monday to Friday)
  • Trading Instruments: Trade only liquid stocks with an average daily volume of at least 1 million shares
  • Trading Journal: Record every trade with the date, time, entry price, exit price, position size, profit or loss, and any notes or observations
  • Performance Review: Review the trading journal and performance metrics at the end of each month; identify strengths and weaknesses; make adjustments if needed
I've asked the above Trading Plan to be revised for day trading.


I see that you have a trading plan for swing trading, which is a style of trading that involves holding positions for a few days to a few weeks. Day trading, on the other hand, involves making many trades in a single day, using technical analysis and charting systems. Day traders close all positions by the end of each market day and try to capture smaller price moves with larger shares. Day trading requires a full-time commitment and lower capital. Swing trading involves making trades over a few days, weeks, or months, using long-term trends and intermediate highs and lows. Swing traders keep positions open overnight or longer and seek to take advantage of a larger price movement. Swing trading can be done on a part-time basis and requires more capital and higher margin requirements.

To change your trading plan for day trading, you might want to consider the following adjustments:

  • Trading Objective: To generate consistent income from trading stocks
  • Risk Tolerance: High
  • Trading Capital: $10,000
  • Maximum Risk per Trade: 1% of capital ($100)
  • Maximum Risk per Day: 3% of capital ($300)
  • Profit Target per Trade: 2% of capital ($200)
  • Profit Target per Month: 10% of capital ($1,000)
  • Trading System: Scalping using price action and indicators
  • Entry Rules: Buy when price breaks above a resistance level or sell when price breaks below a support level; use indicators such as RSI, Stochastic, or Bollinger Bands to confirm the direction and momentum of the trade
  • Exit Rules: Use a fixed stop-loss of 1% or a trailing stop-loss of 0.5%; exit when the trade reaches the profit target of 2% or when the indicators show a reversal signal
  • Position Sizing: Use a fixed position size of 100 shares per trade or adjust according to the stop-loss distance and risk per trade
  • Trading Hours: Trade only during the most volatile hours (9:30 am to 11:30 am EST and 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm EST)
  • Trading Days: Trade only on days with high volume and liquidity (avoid holidays and weekends)
  • Trading Instruments: Trade only liquid stocks with an average daily volume of at least 5 million shares and a price range of $10 to $50
  • Trading Journal: Record every trade with the date, time, entry price, exit price, position size, profit or loss, and any notes or observations
  • Performance Review: Review the trading journal and performance metrics at the end of each day; identify strengths and weaknesses; make adjustments if needed.
I hope this helps you with your trading plan. Please note that this is not financial advice and you should do your own research before making any trading decisions.
 
Problem is that it is very generic and is inventing hot water. It is a basis to work on, not something that would make you instantly rich. Especially the entry rules should be tweaked for in individual trader...

What I like about it is, that it has all the points that a good trading plan should have. Including defined trading hours, defined trading instruments, trading journal, reviewing performance, etc.

Just take all these points and populate it with your own strategy.
 
Problem will be that once a lot of people see this, more and more will front run it and eventually ruin it I assume?
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LOL /THAT sure has happened before:D:D
But that ''3% max stop loss'' + not sure that's a cash or leveraged stop??
But i would not suspect all the sells hit 3%\
IBD [Investors Business Daily ]battle tested cash max stop is 7-8% per position\
+really is not concerned with 3%.
As far as front runnin' a 200 period moving average, go ahead;
capital markets are not fragile+ most money /profits are not day traded /so it can work well, sometimes. Ants feed @ my bird feeder also +fine with me :caution::caution:
 
What we really want is for chatGBT to tell you about a trading system that makes at money least 65% of the time (1:1 risk reward or better)

Such a system will make you very rich very quick, sadly i don't think it can do that.

Until then we are stuck with trading system suggestions that work less than 50% of the time, And that means you have to deal with all the emotional issues that comes with trading a system that loses more often that it wins.

All roads and plans eventually lead to dealing with the emotions of losing money often and living through losing periods.
 
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