I find that many traders will lose a lot more money trading the indexes than they would otherwise by just focusing on stocks. I think the reason for this is that many traders will use the indexes as a leading indicator for the stocks, and then when they do try the indexes they don't find a lagging indicator and this screws them up. The best thing to do is to focus on relationships. By that I mean focus on how, for example, the Nasdaq is trading vs the DOW and the SP, the TICK, the TRIN and the days leading stocks (both up and down). Are the Q's making a new daily high, but the TICK is making a significantly lower one, and the DOW and SP are not confirming either? Things like this will provide you valuable clues and allow you to trade them profitably if index trading is the route you choose to go.
Brandon
Brandon
