Short Term Trading Weekend Lounge: 16 - 18 July, page-2

Happy weekend traders,


Please tell us about your thoughts on the precious commodity of time as it relates to investing or trading.

Do you have any time management tips for the lounge?

Some here are part time traders with full time jobs.   You do not get to look at the screens constantly.   Some trading requires a constant grasp on the tempo of the equity/commodity space and your positions.  Assuming your schedule is tight, how do you deal with this?

Alternatively, do you have any tips on how to manage the issues associated with intersecting time frames?

We may have a plan in mind, but as a trade evolves, it is easy to get confused about what our timeframe should be.   Some hardened, systematic position and swing traders - particularly intraday traders - stick to their plans with almost superhuman dispassion.   Others just go with the flow but are good at spotting a crescendo or critical mass, if you will.  How do you deal with the conundrums and paradoxes associated with this issue of timeframe spillover?  Are you a pragmatist by nature, or do you tend toward flexibility with your trades?   What works best for you?

TA question:  Oscillators.  Do you use them?  What are your favorites?