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How often do u trade?

  • #241
  • Nov 5, 2015 1:55am Nov 5, 2015 1:55am
I spend half an hour a day if I do large time frames and a bit longer if I want to try shorter time frames.
  • #242
  • Nov 5, 2015 10:40am Nov 5, 2015 10:40am
I do 1 trade per day when market give good opportunity :-)
  • #243
  • Nov 5, 2015 12:11pm Nov 5, 2015 12:11pm
I trade a few times a month depending on what opportunity arises
  • #244
  • Nov 10, 2015 3:47am Nov 10, 2015 3:47am
I'm trying to trade less and less these days, if I average a few trades a week I'm happy with that
  • #245
  • Nov 10, 2015 4:21am Nov 10, 2015 4:21am
Not very often. The basic idea of trading in the fact that it should not be given too much importance to every transaction. There is no need to start too often trade just because you have become too confident after a few "+" trades. Remember that you can achieve the same profit over the same period, trading less frequently. This can be done by focusing on the quality of transactions, but not on their quantity.
  • #246
  • Nov 10, 2015 6:15am Nov 10, 2015 6:15am
Quoting Arsene
Not very often. The basic idea of trading in the fact that it should not be given too much importance to every transaction.
That's so true. I like to think of a saying "Don't put all eggs in one basket." It may be easily applied here with trading as well.
  • #247
  • Nov 13, 2015 4:30am Nov 13, 2015 4:30am
Hey,​

I trade 1-3 times a week on average.

If I am risking 2% of my account on each trade and I have a couple
of successful outcomes this can increase my account size by more than
10% in a given week.

Which is of course substantial.
  • #248
  • Nov 13, 2015 11:40pm Nov 13, 2015 11:40pm
Quoting Hysteria
Hi guys, Sorry if it feels like I'm threadjacking but I can't start my own threads as I just signed up. I would like to ask about currency pairs with regards to their trading sessions. These are the following assumptions: - I have a profitable trading system - I trade on a 4hr chart - I trade only the Majors For example, I would like to trade the USDJPY pair. Qn 1) Do I trade the pair only during the Tokyo or New York session? (since USD and JPY is involved) I came from a futures-trading background, so what I normally do is to trade SPX when New...
Hysteria,

Question 1: you don't have to limit yourself to particular sessions when trading a pair (as another poster simply said, "whenever the opportunity arises"...or something like that). But some people do trade only particular sessions, London and New York being the most popular, but I think simply due to the volume happening during this time or because that is when they are awake, etc. Question 2: definitely technicals, which session it is, is irrelevant in Forex. Question 3: what time the daily candles conclude depends on your broker. Most people prefer the NY daily close, and many brokers are switching to this. I make most of my trade decisions using the NY daily candle close, so for me that one is vital. Hope this helps!
  • #249
  • Nov 18, 2015 5:09pm Nov 18, 2015 5:09pm
Quoting blastman
Hey,​ I trade 1-3 times a week on average. If I am risking 2% of my account on each trade and I have a couple of successful outcomes this can increase my account size by more than 10% in a given week. Which is of course substantial.

I use a system that trades only during important times of day. It's really based on how as humans we are creatures of habit. Therefore, I look at the markets to have the same kind of time patterns. You just have to be a little flexible with the times as not everyone eats lunch right at 12pm everyday.
  • #250
  • Nov 20, 2015 1:57pm Nov 20, 2015 1:57pm
everyday...just every day
  • #251
  • Nov 22, 2015 8:58am Nov 22, 2015 8:58am
I am placing 6-10 trades a day. Depends on the market conditions.
  • #252
  • Nov 23, 2015 1:06pm Nov 23, 2015 1:06pm
I make 2-4 trades per day so that would mean I make around 10-20 trades per week. It depends on how volatile the market is.
  • #253
  • Nov 24, 2015 4:48pm Nov 24, 2015 4:48pm
Generally 2-3 trades a week per account is my average. Both accounts with and without EAs trade about the same amount. I like going for a sizeable number of pips generally.
See my Profile Website Link to try out one of my EAs
  • #254
  • Dec 1, 2015 9:36pm Dec 1, 2015 9:36pm
5-8 trades in a day, depends on the daily target itself. Some scalpers might be doing more than 20 trades in a day (some of the trades used to recover some losses, if it's possible)
  • #255
  • Dec 3, 2015 9:29pm Dec 3, 2015 9:29pm
Quoting AndikaAnjani
5-8 trades in a day, depends on the daily target itself. Some scalpers might be doing more than 20 trades in a day (some of the trades used to recover some losses, if it's possible)
Agree. Daily target is a must for trader to prevent any reckless trade, some might scheduled the next day to recover some losses or aim some profit pips. Depends on the trader itself...
  • #256
  • Dec 3, 2015 9:35pm Dec 3, 2015 9:35pm
Quoting ApipFx
{quote} Agree. Daily target is a must for trader to prevent any reckless trade, some might scheduled the next day to recover some losses or aim some profit pips. Depends on the trader itself...
When people talk about "daily target", are they meaning a dollar value, certain number of pips, % of account change, ???

(I know what I do, or TRY to do, but I'm just curious about others.)
  • #257
  • Dec 3, 2015 9:36pm Dec 3, 2015 9:36pm
Quoting aussietrade
now i just buy the highs and sell the lows
Hey! Me too!
  • #258
  • Dec 7, 2015 8:18am Dec 7, 2015 8:18am
Quoting Ratmach
{quote} When people talk about "daily target", are they meaning a dollar value, certain number of pips, % of account change, ??? (I know what I do, or TRY to do, but I'm just curious about others.)
Some might meaning about certain pips in a day, some might meaning about dollar value, but just less of them who are meaning about % of account change...
  • #259
  • Dec 8, 2015 7:32pm Dec 8, 2015 7:32pm
I trade about 1 to 3 trades a day but it varies
  • #260
  • Dec 9, 2015 10:36am Dec 9, 2015 10:36am
I would say number of dollars a day is the general term. Personally, I use targets as my 'daily goal'. Running 3 targets, I look at it as if I can get T1 and T2 in a Trade I'm good for the day. the number of trades that I take are around 2-4 trades a day while 'DayTrading', but I'm really just looking for that T2. I only do this for the morning session as that's when the market moves the best.
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