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Forum: Trading Journals

November 20th, 2014, 02:49 PM

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Posted By deaddog

Either you no longer feel that letting the public...

Either you no longer feel that letting the public see and comment on my actions can only help improve your success as a trader or you already realize what mistakes you made are so obvious it would be...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 18th, 2014, 10:09 AM

Replies: 26

kenmika1 trading journal

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Posted By deaddog

I love the golf analogy. You play the same...

I love the golf analogy.
You play the same course every day yet it is different.
It�s not that you make mistakes; it�s that you compound your mistakes that ruin your score.
It�s not your good...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 17th, 2014, 07:39 PM

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kenmika1 trading journal

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Posted By deaddog

What is the plan now? You are $145 away from...

What is the plan now?
You are $145 away from being below the 25K limit.
If you risk 0.25% of your capital or 62.50 per trade you get 3 shots at it before you get shut down for PDT.
Or can you risk...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 17th, 2014, 02:30 PM

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kenmika1 trading journal

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Posted By deaddog

No offence taken at all. If we risk the...

No offence taken at all.

If we risk the same percentage of our capital we can compare returns of our strategies. Commissions and slippage should be about the same as we are both using IB.

...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 17th, 2014, 01:39 PM

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kenmika1 trading journal

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Posted By deaddog

I don�t think it matters how much capital I have....

I don�t think it matters how much capital I have. I�m an anonymous poster on the internet so I can say anything. I don�t have to worry about the PDT rule. And I can live quite comfortably with a 20%...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 17th, 2014, 12:04 PM

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kenmika1 trading journal

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Posted By deaddog

AAPL doesn�t meet my criteria. Too much volume,...

AAPL doesn�t meet my criteria. Too much volume, too many professionals playing games with each other, I don�t think the small retail trader has a chance.

It doesn�t have to make sense to me as...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 17th, 2014, 10:32 AM

Replies: 26

kenmika1 trading journal

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Posted By deaddog

AAPL and YOD. Kind of different ends of the...

AAPL and YOD.

Kind of different ends of the spectrum. :)

What criteria do you use to chose the stocks you trade?

Forum: Trading Journals

November 16th, 2014, 08:10 PM

Replies: 26

kenmika1 trading journal

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Posted By deaddog

Nope. I started in the wrong place but there was...

Nope. I started in the wrong place but there was so little interest that I never bothered to change.

Forum: Trading Journals

November 16th, 2014, 03:16 PM

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kenmika1 trading journal

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Posted By deaddog

I'm looking forward to having another stock...

I'm looking forward to having another stock trader post trades.
I post in the traders hideout.
https://nexusfi.com/stocks-etfs-trading/27643-deaddogs-swing-trading.html

Forum: Trading Journals

November 16th, 2014, 12:26 PM

Replies: 26

kenmika1 trading journal

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Posted By deaddog

Looks like you are trading stocks. I am looking...

Looks like you are trading stocks.
I am looking forward to your journal.
Are you strictly day trading or do you hold overnight?
It is difficult with the PDT rule.

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