Recent content by dtcracker

Tim, Thank you again for the advice. I will try to apply it as best I can. What exactly do you mean by cutting my position size? First let me state that 0.01% of my account is $1. Ok now let’s work with some round numbers. Because, like you, my maths is poor. So let’s say I want to go long on...

timsk, Thank you for the advice. I don't mind answering any questions about my trading. I don't think I have much of a chance to grow if I can't entertain a dialogue with those more experienced than me. I made quite a few trades that day. It was around 25. Too many I think. Most of them were...

Hey Summit thanks for responding. You are probably right that since I am just starting I don't have a real feel for anything, but I do have one question. How do you find a good team or even any team to trade with, and how do you differentiate the good teams from the bad ones?

Thanks for all of the advice. Split, I know I'm cured of adjusting my stops. I actually didn't do it that often, but I realized it was a mistake when I did. NT, if you don't trade on what you think what do you trade on? Feeling? CB, I think I'll give that tai chi a go. It sounds like a fun...

I've been studying trading for a while now and think that day trading fits my personality best so that is what I have been focusing on for the past couple of months, and today was my first day of live trading. I learned so much more than I ever learned paper trading or sitting here reading about...