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A constant drum-beat of on-again, off-again economic data may leave you feeling confused about your prospects for financial success, but there is hope - and attainable hope lies not in placing your trust in politicians and government programs - but in reaching deep inside yourself for the fuel you need to propel yourself towards the success you seek.
My observation is that most day traders buy and sell with market orders. This strategy tells your broker or platform to buy when you execute an order as soon as you hit the enter button on your computer and buy immediately at whatever price the market is trading. I want to qualify this before getting too far down the road, I trade in a scalping style and run reasonably tight stops and try to let my winners run. Of course, who does not try to let their winners run? Many people, believe it or not, especially if they are to heavy on the number of contracts they are trading relative to their futures account balance, trade not to lose, as oppose to maximizing their profit potential.
Much of the success traders enjoy is in the self-discipline they employ, and the habits the develop. Good traders have specific parameters they work within and seldom deviate from their agenda, regardless of the circumstance.
If the market is pricing everything accurately, how in the world can we find ourselves in markets grossly overbought or oversold? According to the Efficient Market cabal, arbitrage takes up the slack, or spurious mispricing that occasionally occurs with the utmost efficiency.
This particular topic is one that is sure to stir up some traders, and rightfully so. The question is a simple one, really, and I am asking whether you should stop trading when you hit a pre-set profit goal. When I am between $500-$1000 in profit I generally get overly conservative or stop trading.
I should state that I am a dedicated scalper. I never hold contracts overnight, and my average trade seldom lasts more than twenty minutes. I am looking to snatch small 2-3 point moves in the market and cash in on them. Generally speaking, I am unconcerned about the fundamentals of the market.
