no problem...i noticed u just signed on and seem nice enough. there are no shortage of elite trader idiots (eti's) on here though so beware ha. (i do like to screw with them though...) i really cant comment too much about stocks but the markets...commodities markets...tend to do the same thing over and over again as a reflection of their individual personalities...oh their are slight deviations because the players are different each day but basically over and over the same thing...im doin the euro now and i like it more than the emini...maybe individual stocks do the same thing too? so yes, i use the same s/r spread lines every day...cause im just using them thru out the day to measure...they are only hard posted while im in a trade and then, i reset them for my next trade premised on what the market does or doesnt do.
against all the eti's, i dont pay a bit of attention to volume, i add to losers, i jack up the number of contracts as the day progresses and i dont run any stops...i just reverse my position or get out. if you are strictly a technician, id drop stocks like a hot potato and focus on one of the financials...its the same up and down crap, technically u cant tell the diff in a 1min goog or 1 min bean chart, or a 1 hour from a 1 minute for that matter...but with futures you only need about a tenth of the capitol. good luck...