Which trading days in a week are best: Tue+Thur OR Tue+Fri?

wrbtrader · May 27, 2018

lukas said:
If you were to pick 2 trading days in a week to day-trade, which ones of the following would you choose: Tuesdays + Thursdays, or Tuesdays + Fridays? If you could also briefly state the reason behind your choice, that would be appreciated.

I don't know what you're trading but you should just backtest it because the results you find for your trading instrument will be different than the results for someone else trading a different market.

wrbtrader

Lukas V · May 28, 2018

Xela said:
(You're not Lukas Visser, by any chance, are you? No, probably not, I guess ...).

Possibly, but only if two of us share the name: it's not a rare name.

Handle123 · May 28, 2018

I trade less volume in mornings after holidays and Friday afternoons, otherwise all the rest the same. By the time Friday afternoons come, most are shutting down and don't want to spoil the morning session.

schweiz · May 28, 2018

Handle123 said:
I trade less volume in mornings after holidays and Friday afternoons, otherwise all the rest the same. By the time Friday afternoons come, most are shutting down and don't want to spoil the morning session.

I agree, friday is for me many times not as good as the rest of the week.

On saturday and sunday I never have a losing trade.

Xela · May 28, 2018

Lukas V said:
Possibly, but only if two of us share the name: it's not a rare name.

Welcome to ET anyway, Lukas: if the reputation that precedes you is at all accurate, I strongly suspect you'll find it rather more to your taste than your previous haunt ... :sneaky:

Evermore2017 · May 28, 2018

Fridays is my best day, second but complex(a lot of action, but sometimes difficult to read) is Monday.

SunTrader · May 28, 2018

Any day Mon-Fri ... that doesn't have a Trumpy Tweet gaming it.

Turveyd · May 28, 2018

SunTrader said:
Any day Mon-Fri ... that doesn't have a Trumpy Tweet gaming it.

Trump tweets seem to be ignored these days thankfully, they where a nitemare, massive market move for no reason, no scheduled news and arggghhh!!

fan27 · May 28, 2018

For most traders, Saturday and Sunday are best as they do not have a negative expectancy.

maxinger · May 28, 2018

To me, Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri are the best as long as it is not holiday.