Recent content by TortoiseTrader

Hi Barney, Do you have any particular hold time on these stocks you trade ?

I’d like to see your plan buddy I’m a budding ‘day trader’ myself and trade mostly futures. It sounds like most successful traders are longer term holders here though but don’t let that stop you

Hi, I'm interested in SCHWAAB account - Don't you need min account of 25K US? Anyway, Lone thanks for the interesting post. I just want to look at trading US stocks with cheaper brokerage from Australia. Any restrictions for writing options or spreads? Do the US regulators take any tax out of...

Hi, one broker that does $5 per point on futures contract SPI is tradedirect365...they are meant to follow underlying futures price exactly ( and the spread)......not sure how accurately though. they charge $5 per side.

Today I was looking for a reversal from a larger degree (60 minute)double top, and strong +188 double drive target.....obvious selling at these top of range levels came in.....I under-estimated the full extent of selling which was formed a bear channel most of afternoon, and capitulated down to...

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This was a scalp only due to the time in SYD being 11:30 pm US open, and I didn't think I'd be awake long enough for a swing trade ( ashame !) Anyway, that was my trading plan, and I stuck to it..... I traded more than usual on this trade as I saw it as a rare opportunity. The move down...

This journal will be a pictorial, and technical discussion of my Trades. But in particular my rational explanations of how I analyse The market to justify taking a trade. It will also act as a journal Of my losers and winners - and my notes concerning those aspects such as rules followed...