who are we playing against as retail traders?
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how can you say it is manipulation when no one does anything.......
all the big boys have to do to make the market drop like stone is not buy........
you cant blame them, now ...can you?..
.when they could not buy because they went to bathroom or because they were having sex
i agree
learning is difficult....trading is easy.
but learn about what....most are barking up the wrong tree....
they are focusing on trends...…that does not exist.....only channels does....a tight channel may be mistaken for a trend
I don’t think we are competing with anybody. If I want to sell a currency, I am not forcing another trader to buy that. Every retail trader makes their own choices and plays individually. While institutional traders may be moving the markets, we are just trying to make little profits from those movements.
It depends on the market, one controversial point is the ability to buy the retail traders' order flow from liquidity providers and market makers.
https://a16z.com/2021/02/17/payment-for-order-flow/
One could argue that your trades are sold as a business, and that leaves you with a disadvantage against large capitals, if they see where the majority of orders are they could act on it and take advantage of the overall position.
You as a single retail trader play with weaker tools every day.
Hence the ban proposed by the SEC:
https://www.investopedia.com/sec-considers-banning-payment-for-order-flow-5199447
It is clear that there is a way for large corporations to control retail traders positions and that has to change if they want to call that market 'efficient'
https://a16z.com/2021/02/17/payment-for-order-flow/
One could argue that your trades are sold as a business, and that leaves you with a disadvantage against large capitals, if they see where the majority of orders are they could act on it and take advantage of the overall position.
You as a single retail trader play with weaker tools every day.
Hence the ban proposed by the SEC:
https://www.investopedia.com/sec-considers-banning-payment-for-order-flow-5199447
It is clear that there is a way for large corporations to control retail traders positions and that has to change if they want to call that market 'efficient'
You are correct.
Hello StockChartist ,
Questions please:
1. Where does a trader obtain a trading plan from?
2. How does the trader obtain empirical evidence with this trading plan?
Thank you
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As long as the stock has underlying value ( eg earnings growth, dividends, a future ) then there is no problem holding it through some bs. Problems can occur if there just isn't a compelling reason for people to buy it other then speculation.