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I've been improving my scalping skills but not good enough to do it with real money yet. There are still some keys to the puzzle that I haven't yet tweaked for myself. I've gotten better at knowing what to look at, so my eyes aren't so stressed any more. Improving by the day is comforting...

I'm now scalping on a simulated account for a prop firm. Their (or any) scalping method is quite intense. It requires one to be physically and mentally fit. It's very tough on the eyes watching all the scrolling numbers all the time. The discipline required has been a good lesson and I don't...

They don't charge me anything for my desk. The transaction costs are .005/share, so that's the same as IB's rates. Initially I don't have to make up the volume, but later on I'm expected to make up $80/day in commissions. The 120 day period is if I decide to quit and they need to make up for...

I see where a lot of members go. ET. No wonder they don't come back!

Maybe with a bit of education you'll find other reasons to live. I think part of the issue here is NQR's interpretation of what's going on and I'm in partial agreement with some of those things. A good education is important, though if the grades don't show it, the student has to have learned...

Whatever you do, always have a backup plan...

My mistake. I had confused "Master Swing Trader" for "Mastering the Trade" by John F. Carter.

[stuff deleted] I would like to go through Marc Rivalland's book at some point.

My colleagues and I take care of back-end technology, which is a cost center to the company and it shows in the bonus pool. Some of them may be once bitten twice shy from the market swings of 2000ish and never bothered to learn the way things work. There is a sense of discontent in the tech...

I've read many of those posts and have extracted whatever knowledge I could extract from those threads. I'm sorry that I've only come across 1 thread that has surfaced with progress. With enough support and ears, I have all the intention of keeping people posted. Alas, I think a lot of those...

Changed careers & time-to-time progress (if any) I've been working at a major US brokerage company as a techie for longer than I'd like to admit, but I'm now transitioning to become a trader. I have gone through the rounds of buying books, courses, etc which I've studied carefully and I've...