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DYTTIGAF t1_jdyog7l wrote

It depends. Are you a day trader exclusively? Or can you see macro positions and trends. Are you a Micheal Burry type, or a bunny hoping from position to position.

My biggest trades this year: Southwest airlines after the Christmas screw up, SLV run up after one year beat down, and Nortfork Southern derailment.

It took me 25 years to see this trades develop. Now it's like looking at the obvious. Trade on osmosis.

Everybody has a different style. 500 trades a year, or only 10. Find your lane and crush it. Nobody really cares..so just get better each day. Enjoy the ride.

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Aimadness OP t1_jdyp8np wrote

That’s awesome. I think I see it. I use available information to understand as best I can then find a way ,hopefully to extract value. It is an amazing puzzle. Even when I lose or miss I still enjoy the puzzle.

I don’t day trade. When I want to I get the warning and then wait until the appropriate amount of time. I would love to make and execute a trade every time is saw one.

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DYTTIGAF t1_jdyqepn wrote

Be patient. There's a hundred life changing trades every year. It's been that way since the early 1990's since I've been trading.

Keep building your skills. Enjoy the ride. It's a puzzle that's only available to the few who can "see the pieces".

You have a gift..most people don't have. Trust me.

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expicell t1_jdz9w2v wrote

I thought you traded futures for insane returns? Not that penny stock called Southwest Airlines

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DYTTIGAF t1_jdzbd3f wrote

The pilots union at Southwest was not backing down on the company mandate to receive the COVID vaccine. It was well researched and pretty simple thesis. The company needed humans to fly their planes and 60% of the pilots said..nope.

I just got lucky on the Christmas computer cancelation and delay fiasco that dovetailed into the position.

Rather be lucky than good.

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