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  • #21
  • Jul 25, 2011 6:48pm Jul 25, 2011 6:48pm
Scalpers get from 10 - 100 trades a day , i was making 10-20 when i was scalping but i figure it out that swing is better for me
  • #22
  • Jul 26, 2011 2:02am Jul 26, 2011 2:02am
I am not a scalper, and I think that the expectancy of scalping trading is negative, mainly because of mentally reasons. Making 25 trades in one day is a huge amount! You can delete your balance just by the spreads. Theoretically, if you win more than you lose, than the total amount of trades is meaningless, but most of the traders do not have a positive statistics, so I would recommend for swing trading instead of scalping. I make 2-3 trades a day, but my goal is to make enough money to stop trading after only one trade. Do not get greedy; stop trading when you reach your daily goal. Also, fighting the wind is also pointless; don’t overtrade if you see that it is not your day..
  • #23
  • Jul 26, 2011 3:34pm Jul 26, 2011 3:34pm
Quoting PTscalper
No, i was at 300 pips profit .. i use 5 - 20 pips SL + different lot size for each position .. i called it pyramide scheme .. easy example: i open first position at 1.4385, 1 lot with SL 1.4410, second with 1 lot at 1.4388, third at 1.4392 with 2 lots, fourth at 1.4395 with 4 lots, fifth at 1.4400 with 7 lots and still SL 1.4410

- this is my example: http://www.scalprs.com/pg/forum/topi...-scalps-a-day/
it was only demo, but show how my trading style works

it is really important to be fast as possible...
How exactly do you beat the spread? if you're only taking one or two pips profit, how does that work? Or what i mean to say is, in the first ticket #7579688 @ 9:19 AM, you buy one lot at 1.41591, then close the trade at 1.41605 one minute later, so are you on an ECN or have some special deal with a brokerage firm?
  • #24
  • Jul 27, 2011 1:42pm Jul 27, 2011 1:42pm
Quoting sgcapital
Scalpers get from 10 - 100 trades a day , i was making 10-20 when i was scalping but i figure it out that swing is better for me
100 trades a day? Good God, man, sounds like suicide.
  • #25
  • Jul 28, 2011 8:09am Jul 28, 2011 8:09am
Quoting TradingNoob
How exactly do you beat the spread? if you're only taking one or two pips profit, how does that work? Or what i mean to say is, in the first ticket #7579688 @ 9:19 AM, you buy one lot at 1.41591, then close the trade at 1.41605 one minute later, so are you on an ECN or have some special deal with a brokerage firm?
I was thinking the exact same thing. I used to paper trade stocks and scalping was my preffered style however when I migrated to forex, I was frustrated by the pip spread setup rather than just paying per trade. Since then I've been focusing my studying on opening opportunities a little longer in length.

If you're opening 10-15 trades a couple pips apart, a couple of minutes apart, how are you not getting destroyed by spreads?

-DRL
  • #26
  • Sep 13, 2011 1:12pm Sep 13, 2011 1:12pm
When im scalping, im making around 5 - 15 trades per trading session.

I mainly scalp good supports and resistances + sometimes fib levels.
Scalping is really profitable, but it is not for everybody
  • #27
  • May 14, 2024 8:47am May 14, 2024 8:47am
I take 5 to 10 trades, 1 to 5 lot depends on SL, target 1:3 per entry.
  • #28
  • May 17, 2024 12:41pm May 17, 2024 12:41pm
Quoting PTscalper
Helllo, im scalper (short time trader) and i would like to know how many trades (scalps) do you make daily? (on average) I make around 10 - 25 trades daily with 1 - 5 standard lots Thank you for your answer.
Depends on market conditions. When there is high volatility I can make like 20-30 trades a day, but on average it is 15 days. It's important to underestimate your ability to focus on charts for a long time.
  • #29
  • May 17, 2024 3:55pm May 17, 2024 3:55pm
Considering I'm a swing trader, reading the comments on this post came so shocking to me!!
  • #30
  • May 11, 2026 6:32pm May 11, 2026 6:32pm
Quoting PTscalper
Helllo, im scalper (short time trader) and i would like to know how many trades (scalps) do you make daily? (on average) I make around 10 - 25 trades daily with 1 - 5 standard lots Thank you for your answer.
Same, I don’t really count exact trades, just take clean setups when they show up. Some days 5, some days more, depends on the market
  • #31
  • Jun 12, 2026 2:08pm Jun 12, 2026 2:08pm
I don't hold myself to a strict daily quota. I just take what the market gives, so looking back, a normal day usually yields anywhere from 1 to 10 trades. Occasionally no trades are done in a day, quite rarely though.
  • #32
  • Jun 18, 2026 3:32am Jun 18, 2026 3:32am
There is no daily trading limit; I strictly adhere to the 123+2B rule. I typically trade no more than 5 times per day.
  • #33
  • Jun 18, 2026 9:25am Jun 18, 2026 9:25am
When I was trading manually, I used to close 500-800 gold trades a day. It was pretty brutal, so I wrote my own EA because it works faster and isn't as exhausting. Now I can process 40-60 pages like this a day
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  • #34
  • Jun 19, 1:25am (39 hr ago) Jun 19, 1:25am (39 hr ago)
I usually make anywhere from 1 to 10 trades per day. However, the exact number varies wildly depending on your trading style. Scalpers can make 10 to 30 trades a day. Day Traders 1 to 5 trades a day. Swing Traders 1 trade or even 0
  • #35
  • Last Post: Edited 1:38pm Jun 20, 11:14am (5 hr ago) | Edited 1:38pm
Quoting SkorpioScalp
When I was trading manually, I used to close 500-800 gold trades a day. It was pretty brutal, so I wrote my own EA because it works faster and isn't as exhausting. Now I can process 40-60 pages like this a day {image} {image} {image}
how can you make profit like that as costs for trading about ~ 1 pips is per trade
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