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If I buy 20 lots and scale out 5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 1 does that count as one trade or six?
If the latter, 40+ it is then (impatient and inefficient in equal measure) and a new category "Every day I airmail a case of Krug '90 to my broker and I hope it makes her smile."
If the latter, 40+ it is then (impatient and inefficient in equal measure) and a new category "Every day I airmail a case of Krug '90 to my broker and I hope it makes her smile."
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firewalker99
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frugi said:If I buy 20 lots and scale out 5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 1 does that count as one trade or six?
If the latter, 40+ it is then (impatient and inefficient in equal measure) and a new category "Every day I airmail a case of Krug '90 to my broker and I hope it makes her smile."
I'd count that as one trade
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Some days I am quite likely to scale in and scale out. the same index all day - scaling into an upbet, reducing it, reversing it, scaling up the downbet, then scaling it down and reversing again to an upbet, etc.
I might thus be holding an open position of some sort throughut an entire trading day. Or there might more likely be pauses when I step aside awhile. Do those gappier days count as more trades than when I am in all day? Even when the gaps are longer than the bets?
Sometimes I will trade 5 days a week, sometimes one day - so an averaged day is not a typical day. (The average person has one breast and one testicle. The typical person doesn't)
I ticked the 5-10 option, but I wouldn't like to do the counting
PP
PS: Jilly - you ask a straightforward question, and look what you get back from us argumentative pedants!)
I might thus be holding an open position of some sort throughut an entire trading day. Or there might more likely be pauses when I step aside awhile. Do those gappier days count as more trades than when I am in all day? Even when the gaps are longer than the bets?
Sometimes I will trade 5 days a week, sometimes one day - so an averaged day is not a typical day. (The average person has one breast and one testicle. The typical person doesn't)
I ticked the 5-10 option, but I wouldn't like to do the counting
PP
PS: Jilly - you ask a straightforward question, and look what you get back from us argumentative pedants!)
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JillyB
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frugi said:If I buy 20 lots and scale out 5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 1 does that count as one trade or six?
If the latter, 40+ it is then (impatient and inefficient in equal measure) and a new category "Every day I airmail a case of Krug '90 to my broker and I hope it makes her smile."
I'd count this as one trade as well.
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it depends on what type of day it is presenting to me, and it can be as little as 2-3 to as high as
6-10
6-10
Mr. Charts
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For me, this is related to the number of opportunities I see.
If there are very few opportunities then very few trades, say 3-4.
If there are many opportunities then maybe 30.
Therefore an average is a mathematical irrelevance.
Richard
If there are very few opportunities then very few trades, say 3-4.
If there are many opportunities then maybe 30.
Therefore an average is a mathematical irrelevance.
Richard
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arabianights
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I voted 6-10, but that's how many trades I actually make - I place a lot more orders, probably up to fifty in a day. Most of them are never filled, usually because I've pulled them.
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I am a Day trader and I am always looking opportunity of making orders. I place average 10 orders per trading day and average 50 orders in a week. I use EUR/USD, AUD/USD, GBP/USD for trading.
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Well, it usually depends. I do 3-5 trades a day. However, once a month, I do to 6-10 trades a day. It's a part of my strategy plan.
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1-4
On a good day, it's just 1.
On choppy days 4 would be enough for me.
On a good day, it's just 1.
On choppy days 4 would be enough for me.
plaiasu256
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Usually 3-4 a day
