Author Archives: DayTrader

Can I Day Trade my Roth Ira?

Wondering???? asked: Confused about the day trading regulations. When the market is volatile (like it is). Can I trade ETF’s in my IRA… buy and sell only once the same day, everyday? Will this trigger my account as a day trader? If so, does it matter?Bobbie

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What’s the best online trading platform (E*Trade? ScottTrade?)?

Ben Parr asked: I wish I could do one that did both stocks and commodities and futures, but I’ll be happy with stocks. I want to place my 40k in mutual funds into day trading (don’t worry, I have actual training, classes, risks, know I’m likely to lose, etc.) but I still want to [...]

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What is my chance to lure in a prey on oil future trading ?

Arrman asked: I bought millions and millions of barrels of oil when they cost $60–$100 a barrel. I expect to make a kill when I sell. But right now it’s only over $140 a barrel. So here is my difficulty :
I have requested my agents spin the media, like: “Oil future looks high, expecting to [...]

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Would an active futures day trader still use a broker?

Yankee in London asked: I’m writing a novel in which one character is a full-time futures trader, trading her own speculative account from her home after having traded professionally for a specialty mutual fund.
When I first started researching this book years ago, I visited some serious at-home traders who watched the markets at home with [...]

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strategies in trading the stock market using futures?

guardiangel asked: i have heard many people use futures to judge how the market will react the next day..
http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/futures.html
for example if i want to know how tomorrow’s market will react, from what time till what time’s (EST) should i look out for?
errr to the 2nd reply i m a technical trader isn’t that why i [...]

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What is day-trading and how does it work?

Benjamin Franklin asked: I am only 16 and don’t have a dime to my name. For economics class I am currently taking, I must do research on the stock market and the different strategies used by investors. One strategy I don’t really understand is day trading. What is it and how does it work? [...]

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$1000 purchase of S&P500 futures. S&P500 goes up 1% for the day. How much do you make?

sjsoccer2 asked: I’m trying to figure out how futures trading of the dow, nasdaq and S&P500 indexes works. I’m not sure how much 1 futures contact is either?Jacques

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Ducks Fans, what you think of your reeling and dealing on trade deadline?

holy_warrior360 asked: As much I **** to see the likes of sammy pahlson, chris kunitz, and travis moen go. I think the ducks did the right things just to save their future. What you guys think?Elva

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Technical Analysis or Based On News?

Lord W asked: I’m beginning to day trade futures and have been studying books on that discuss a lot of technical analysis based on charts.
But charts are backward looking and not indicative of forward performance. It’s easy to look at a chart and say what you would’ve done to make a profitable trade.
On the other [...]

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Currency Trading: is it a viable long term way to make money from home?

Necip C asked: I went to an introduction to FOREX (foreign exchange) class recently and they were telling us how with a good education in FOREX you can consistently make money, and good money too, since you are trading 50 or 100 times what you have in your trading account. The complete course is [...]

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