[1pipatatime]

Hi Guy's

I have a target every day and trade accordingly for that.
If that means 1 trade then that’s all I do, but if that takes more than 1 trade so be it.
It all depends on why your trading, I personally trade to have fun and test my skills and I always look at my results good or bad and analyse what I did well and where I can improve my game plan.

With stops I personally use the previous swing low/high + or – 1 pip, depending on the market conditions and which entry system I’m using my stops are generally less than 10 pips and yes I’m a scalper.

1pipatatime

[kevinthetrader]

hey Guys m from India
actually I trade Indian markets specially NSE(Nifty) stocks
1. i put in 4-6 trades a day( 2-3 in morning and 2-3 in evening)
2. i go for 2:1 risk reward ratios only after i see any setups, patterns forming according to my style of trading
3. my holding time is of three types:a) once i get stopped out 2) till my target is reached 3) when market tells me its time to exit.

[zeke]

Originally Posted by OsbourneCox »

I have found I kept missing out on taking small gains trying to get the larger moves of 50-100 cents in a ~100 stock. So I'm wondering if the key is to aim for smaller gains while keeping an eye on possible larger moves. This would lead to more trades per day but might be better for the bottom line in the end.

Given that, I'm curious:

• How many trades do you put on in a day?
• What's your ideal target that you're aiming for? (Described as percent of stock move or percent of position gained or just plain cents moved / dollars made.)
• What's your average holding time?

i guess i will be the guy with the most trades....

1) i do around 100-150 trades per day but i trade futures
2) i go for a few ticks normally 3-6 and i am trying to risk similar amount
3) average is 15-20 seconds but 99% is few second with few trades few minutes