nice decision taken for not to do day trading !!! according to me entering in a trade for a week is much better then intraday trading !!! Atleat End of the week you have something to take home !!! But in Intraday Trading u only have losses to cope up with !!! I lost my huge amount of money in intraday trading !!! But the person who knows intraday trading are good at it but again it is not the tea of everyone's cup !!! But one thing i learnt from intraday trading is reading charts !!! I am doing good in medium and long term trading !!! Average gain is 110 % per year !!! and i think its ok for a trader who started his trading in December 2008 and i am happy with what i am gaining !!! After all sitting in the comfort of your house and earning equal to some MBA degree holder is a good thing .... What more u want ?
Keep Trading Safely !!! :thumb:
Totally agree with savant sir, lg006,pst and everyone else to make big money we need to identify stocks making big moves and hold. Rakesh Jhunjhunwalla, ramesh damani, paeter lynch, warren buffet, gann all the big names made money this way.
I have yet to hear of a very wealthy day trader .... if anyone knows one please let me know but as far as public records goes i am yet to find one.
Here's what livermore said
"One cannot be successful by speculating every day or every week; that there are only a few times a year, possibly four or five, when you should allow yourself to make any commitment at all. In the interim you are letting the market shape itself for the next big movement. Remember this: When you are doing nothing, those speculators who feel they must trade day in and day out, are laying the foundation for your next venture. You will reap benefits from their mistakes"
"Disregarding the big swing and trying to jump in and out was fatal to me. Nobody can catch all the fluctuations. In a bull market your game is to buy and hold until you believe that the bull market is near its end."
"The big money must necessarily be in the big swing"
"And right here let me say one thing: After spending many years in Wall Street and after
making and losing millions of dollars I want to tell you this: It never was my thinking
that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting. Got that? My sitting tight"
Even jhunjhunwalla made his money this way only he bought siemens at some Rs40 and rode it upto Rs600 he did the same in other stocks like seasagoa etc.....