Intermediate-term trading

[profitlocker]

Calibration parameters constantly change. This is one reason trading is hard.

Lol. No such thing as calibration in this game. More like estimation

 

[goodgoing]

Lol. No such thing as calibration in this game. More like estimation

I used his language smart ....

 

[qxr1011]

Newbie here. I don’t want to buy-and-hold anymore. Nor day-trade. I want to buy stocks with low PEs (and underpriced commodity ETFs) when they start up-trending and sell them when they stop. I want my average holding period to be measured in weeks or months. That said, my three main issues seem to be:

1) How to build a watchlist of assets that I understand and show promise?

2) What buy signal is most appropriate? Price crossing over the 15-day MA? 20-day crossing over 40-day? Etc. (There are technical buy signals too, but I am more concerned with calibrating my MAs.)

3) When to sell? To spot a stalled uptrend should I look for a drop of X% below the high? Wait for price to fall below the X-day MA? Etc. How do I calibrate my signals to my preferred time frame?

BTW, Why is there no forum for intermediate-term trading?

if u using PE it means u speculating on the value (investing) if u using charts and indicators that means u speculating on the price (trading)

two of them do not mix...even if u will try...

there is no intermediate anything....

if u investing then the periods over which valuations change will determine the time horizon

same thing with trading

 

[deaddog]

For now I have been using stockcharts.com. I have a subscription and I have tailored different scans and chart settings over the past 6 years. Now I can scan pretty easily depending on what I am looking for.

I also have a subscription. I use the FINVIZ free screener to narrow down fundamentals. Have recently started a subscription to Vectorvest mainly because it is the best Canadian screener i have found.

 

[eganon69]

I like FinViz too. I check it out periodically but never tried vector vest. I'll have to check it out. I mostly use CNBC and Bloomberg as my financial fundamental research to get ideas on potential trades. Then sometimes I'll come up with a scan utilizing that idea and my TA setups and have made a good profit on GOOG and SNDK that way (70% on each one over about 14 months)