Trading is a fools game - you can't win

hey everybody . im brand new to this site. what are some of your favorite stocks/etfs to trade thoughout the day? or do you just go with whats working?
 
Back testing only confirms the system's value not your own as a trader.

Papertrading can give false results if not done real time. By this I mean, you cannot look at the chart end of the day and note down the signal's entry and exit.
 
Hey Ryan
I try to follow 1 sector full time and the 2 sector i keep an eye on it
Let say i follow Financials
So i follow almost all the stocks from credit card companies to bank to their etf,s day and night
and the 2 sector i follow is oil ( oil stocks and etf,s )
Once you follow a sector you come to know the patterns the support etc .
Trading is not a fools game ( it is a smart person,s game ) who is willing to put time money and energy and dont forget screen time is very important
LEt say you have 4 screen
1 stock financials
2 oild stocks
3 index
4 currency
When you trade dont expect it to go right in your favour that is why we say trade small till you have enought bank roll to take draw downs
 
Is there any useful to do during weekends? Obviously there is no real time action to watch/observe? I'm not tied to the computer or anything, but research wise what would you recommend? Forex?
 
When you trade dont expect it to go right in your favour that is why we say trade small till you have enought bank roll to take draw downs [/B]
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When you say "trade small" what sort of lots are we talking about? And what price range should these stock be?
If a stock is $50-$100 go with 100 shares? more/less? Or maybe 10 ITM calls? Should we be extremely strict with stops?

Thanks!
 
well it all depends on your trading style and experience
Let say right this week the es tried to brake 1061 and it cannot brake even after few tries.
Since i follow the financials
I have been observing XLF it canot brake 15.50 which is a very strong resistence
So since it is a $15 stock i went 200 short in the 15.10 and when it was $14.84 i know it is going to $12.50 the next support
If i were trading the fas i would have gone 25 shares and depends on the day and the price action
same thing for faz ( financial bear _ it was always bouncing at $19.00 right noqw it is $24 i guess
When i short i prefer to short 5 different company share ( 100 shares a pc )
let say wfc jpm bac fas 25 shares so it all depend on you trading style
and when a trade goes in my favour i always take %50 of my profit.
It all depend on you bank roll
 
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Slightly off topic, but I figure someone would know.. what's the real danger with trading penny stocks? I mean trading them not investing in them..
(by penny stocks I don't mean Pink Sheets, but $1-$5 stocks)
Sudden price drops? More unpredictability? I figure I could tame those a bit better and trade smaller moves than with the big caps, and forget about options all together.

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i've been trading pennies for over 10 yrs now, its good coin if you know the ins and outs of the otc market, only draw back is your limited a lot to how much you can consistently pull in. In a very good mkt not too hard to do 10k a day right now its a fairly decent mkt and i've been doing 2-3k a day in a slow mkt its about 100-500 a day.
 
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Is there any useful to do during weekends? Obviously there is no real time action to watch/observe? I'm not tied to the computer or anything, but research wise what would you recommend? Forex?
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get a screen recorder and study the price action
 
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