Wednesday, May 7, 2008

How are YOU making money trading the markets?

OK, time to open up the forum for discussion about how you are trading the markets these days. We all know there is no such thing as a holy grail indicator that works all the time, it's a matter of finding your own suite of indicators and refining how you like to interpret them.

What are your favorite markets to trade these days? Futures, options, forex, stocks? What are the timeframes do you like to look at when trading? 5-minute chart, tick chart, hour or day? And best of all, what are the indicators you like to use, whether it be CCI, whether it be stochastics, MACD or any combination.

For me I have been looking closely at a variety of stochastic settings along with some moving averages for medium term stock trading. Holding for 1-3 weeks. I also utilize options in my retirement portfolio use the ThinkOrSwim tools to help screen through various option possibilities.

So, what works for you? All topics and methods are always welcome for discussion here without fear of being thumped on the head ;)

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