About Day Trading: Moving From Simulation To Live Trading
| from Adam Milton This week's day trading newsletter offers several pieces of advice for new traders, and also some new information for options traders, including: - advice for traders that are making money in simulation, but losing money trading live, - my recommendations for choosing a suitable day trading seminar, - information about recent updates to options expiration and exercise, - and the weekly economic calendar with volatility expirations.
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In the Spotlight |
Making Money in Simulation, but Losing Money Trading Live? There are many day traders who consistently make a profit when they are trading in simulation (paper trading, demo trading, etc.), but lose money as soon as they start trading live. These traders are often very confused, because they are trading the same trading system, on the same markets, but their results are very different. In reality, the additional emotions that occur when these traders start trading live, are causing them to trade differently live than they did in simulation ... read the full article | | Choosing a Day Trading Seminar Day trading seminars are one of the most popular methods of learning about day trading. Seminars are very effective at providing all of the information that you need to start day trading, and also allow direct interaction with a professional trader whose knowledge and experience can be invaluable. However, there are many different day trading seminars to choose from, and making the decision about which seminar to attend can be difficult. The right seminar can give you everything that you need to become a professional trader almost overnight, but the wrong seminar will cost you time and money, and can even be detrimental to your progression as a day trader ... read more | Automatic Options Expiration Updates The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the company responsible for processing US stock options. Options are processed, if they are exercised by the options holder (the trader that is long the options), or if they are in the money (in profit) when they expire. As of the upcoming expiration (Friday, June 20th), the OCC is changing the threshold at which US stock options are automatically exercised ... find out more | Sponsored Links | | | | Advertisement
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