Quote from BoyBrutus:
In my opinion there is nothing wrong with scalping. By scalping your interacting with the market and therefore learning and as long as your slightly profitable then thats good. To me this game is one of survival, participating and learning and hopefully paying the bills. Keeping an open mind and learning when scalping is important.
I have had some success in defining a trend in statistical terms of what is a typical pullback at what stage in the trend to expect what. 3 steps forward 2 steps back. Try to account for volatility.
So when there is a probability at a point that this is a pullback, only prior to trend continuation I then look for other supporting evidence. When everything puts the odds in favor of continuation you have to play the odds. At this stage I am a Jack of all trades.
A trend line and moving average are great in hindsight and certainly usable by some to make consistant money.
Trend following also means you have pleanty of what would be considered late entries but the odds are at that stage in your favour.
Why does Spike use a 2 point stop?
Just my 2 cents and certainly no expert on the matter.
To save you the trouble I have attached the formula that is giving me excellent results.
You are having a laugh, ain't ya, KG? come on dude! It was funny though.
