Swing Trading Futures overnight

globalarbtrader said:
so if the price changes quickly intraday that's a "swing"? So how come swing trading is any trading at a horizon longer than a day? Surely there's an inconsistency here?
More...

Anyone putting a label on a trading style that is defined by the length of time a position is held is bonkers. Anyone setting a time limit on a trade is doubly bonkers.

Day trading exists for those trading on margin as closing the trade within the day will avoid holding costs, however, as said above, anyone setting a time limit on trades is bonkers. Highly successful traders such as those at MEDALLION, say they will hold a trade until the objective is reached whether that's a moment or a season.
 
If you are trading based on bars can be used in a day session and you have no position after market closes==day trading. For example, any bars smaller than a 30 m bar in the US session.

You cannot use a montly bar for day trading, and 5 m bar for a multiday swing is useless.
 
FXtrader8911 said:
Day trading exists for those trading on margin as closing the trade within the day will avoid holding costs, however, as said above, anyone setting a time limit on trades is bonkers. Highly successful traders such as those at MEDALLION, say they will hold a trade until the objective is reached whether that's a moment or a season.
More...

Who are these traders at MEDALLION ? I am not familiar with MEDALLION.
 
Liberty88 said:
I am not familiar with MEDALLION
More...
You should be as it's worth studying their methods and strategy, it is the most successful fund in history. So successful that very early in its existence it closed itself to outside investors, its only investors now are the traders themselves and just a handful of the early investors, they are all worth $bbb.
 
Last edited:
globalarbtrader said:
can someone give me a definition of swing trading?
More...
Here's a posibility -
"The term ‘swing trading’ refers to trading both sides on the movements of any financial market. Swing traders aim to ‘buy’ a security when they suspect that the market will rise. Otherwise, they can ‘sell’ an asset when they suspect that the price will fall."
 
easymon1 said:
Here's a posibility -
"The term ‘swing trading’ refers to trading both sides on the movements of any financial market. Swing traders aim to ‘buy’ a security when they suspect that the market will rise. Otherwise, they can ‘sell’ an asset when they suspect that the price will fall."
More...

That definition neatly covers *all* trading except perhaps RV and market making...

GAT
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top