This Monday we made a Momentum Scalp Trade in Visa, stock symbol V. Perhaps you can make this trading pattern your own. Let’s set up the trade: On Monday June 21st V exploded intraday. Monday afternoon U.S. politicians reached an agreement on the regulation of interchange, or “swipe” fees on credit and debit card transactions. This language was expected to … Read More
A ?4 the Trading Community- A Rule for Giving Back Profits?
Dr. Steenbarger helped me recognize one of the improvements we could make at SMB awhile ago. The partners and Senior Traders must be responsible for a great deal of teaching and mentoring. But if traders are not leveraging the talent of all firm members then that firm is not offering the best learning environment. Traders learn from other traders and … Read More
Risk: SO Not Just A Game
During a good film session today with a senior trader I got to get a clear look at how quickly I lose control of my risk and put my trading day in complete jeopardy. The film was from Thursday of last week when I was daytrading SRS (the real-estate ultrashort ETF) actively. To give you an idea of how the … Read More