Difficult day ?

Difficult ?

  • Yes

    Votes: 36 48.0%
  • No

    Votes: 12 16.0%
  • About the same as every day

    Votes: 26 34.7%

  • Total voters
    75
Quote from daytrade:

for an input specific to this thread i had a rough day,, grind grind grind,, lost 600, all in fees,, lol,, 2nd down day in a couple months... longed xom scalping all day like an addiction,, didnt work out so well, ,haha. but good luck to all tommorrow. oya,, a question,, ive only been in the game 6 months,, and im verrryyy curious as to what the volume in the nyse/nasdaq is in different months of the year,, does it double in the winter??? is there a trend for the months?????? thanks,

I like to know this as well, they say august is one of the slowest month, be extra careful and decisive! ( but of course, no excuse for not making as much money as you can!)
 
Looking at Thursday (Aug 10) there were 15 trading points buying/selling end to end (YM). If you were micro-trading the whole day you would have made more interventions.

Of those 15 there were 3 'reinforcement' signals .. that is where according to your particular methodology you get a strong re-entry signal for an immediate direction you are already in and you add to your position.

However the greater importance for the routine player is the whole day approach and deploying an accurate methodology.
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from the daily view, SPY volume contracting with rise, expanding with drops since may. I'd go short from here. On intraday, draw a 120 period linear regression, 3 std dev width channel on the 15min bar view. Go short when the price double tops at the top channel line. 8/4 and 8/9 are example days which will give you 20pts a pop.
 
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