Is trading easy?

[SunTrader]

Options on the index, SPX/SPY, are certainly tradeable. The most liquid.

Options. Anyone else want to point out what I did not say?

Reading is funnymental.

 

[Overnight]

One more time ... I posted.

"Indices aren't tradeable."

I did not say ETF's are not tradeable, I did not say mutual funds are not tradeable, I did not say futures are not tradeable.

I said .... (fitting I posted that Nirvana cover) ......... nevermind.

Oh I see, now you are being a semantic dickhead. That's ok, I can relate.

 

[Jzwu2017]

Indices aren't tradeable.

I meant trading index ETFs, such as SPY and QQQ.

 

[personifica_]

Depending on your strategy, forex trading can be uncomplicated or difficult. It is simple to profit from minor price changes in the short term, but more challenging to accumulate long-term gains through steady buying and selling and executing the right trades.

 

[SunTrader]

Depending on your strategy, forex trading can be uncomplicated or difficult. It is simple to profit from minor price changes in the short term, but more challenging to accumulate long-term gains through steady buying and selling and executing the right trades.

Yet another one. Topic is Index Futures. Not Forex.

 

[sebking1986]

I'd say that at its core trading can be easy (ish) but what makes it complicated is human psychology. We are our own worst enemies so often when it comes to money.

 

[tomi01]

Notice how the NDX is pointing down and VIX is pointing up.. And see the 1 minute chart is going red.

And yet again this works enough that I'm green.
I've already made $82.44 on APPL this morning before I started scalping AMZN.

 

[tomi01]

Notice how the NDX is pointing down and VIX is pointing up.. And see the 1 minute chart is going red.

And yet again this works enough that I'm green.
I've already made $82.44 on APPL this morning before I started scalping AMZN.


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Now a few minutes later, the NDX is pointing up. VIX is pointing down.. And it might be a good scalp depending on other factors, but this is a leading indicator for sure!

 

[SunTrader]

$VIX is the S&P 500 Volatility Index

$VOLQ is the Nasdaq 100 Volatility Index.

 

[tomi01]

$VIX is the S&P 500 Volatility Index

$VOLQ is the Nasdaq 100 Volatility Index.

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$VOLQ would be perfect along side the VIX with this style. Unfortunately it doesn't show in the indexes here.

If you liked scalping "stonks" you would probably see the benefit of an indicator that showed you what to expect.... on a 1 minute chart.