How Day Traders Do 200 Trades a Day and Strategies They Use

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How Day Traders Do 200 Trades A DayAnd a strategy they use

You’re Average Day Trader

…Profits…200 trades x $10 = $2,000 a day

…Because Buy & Hold May Give Zero…

…More Control…

…small trade sizes…$1/£1/Eur1…small risk

…lots of experience gained in short time…

Who? Students

Full Time Mothers

Full Time Plumbers

Professional Traders

School Teachers

Retirees

My Talk At

Bloomberg

What Do Winning Day Traders Do Right?

Trade 5-6 products

Trade about 2-3

hours a day

Long and Short

Shorts make

profits quicker

Dow, GBPUSD,

FTSE

Time frame – 1

minute and 5

minute charts

1 or 2 strategies

max

80-90% winning trades

52% trades held

under 1 hour

24% trades

held 1-6 hours

Hold under 10% of

positions overnight

max

What Do Winning Day Traders Do Right?Have a max loss of around 5 x average winning

trade

Winners take lots of small wins & some large losses

Account size $7,000-$20,000 = 80% of day traders

Lots of small bets compared to account size

Cleverest Thing Day Traders Do…• Bet small…0.1% of their account per point on index/currency

• Eg $20,000 account. Bet $20 per point move in Dow or GBP/USD

Why Small Trade SizesThey would

have open 3-5 positions at any

one time in different products

If lose, lose small

Feared losses

Which Products?

Dow

FTSE

Gold

GBP/USDEUR/USD

GBP/EUR

Apple

Which Time Frame?• 1 minute and 5 minute charts

How Did They Set Up Their Screens?

Strategy: Scalping

Up to 200 trades in a day

About 5 trades per product in

an hour

80% of trades last 5 minutes

to 2 hours80% win

Strategy: Scalping

Win target: 3-5 pips

Add to winners if price moving

sharply (watch chart)

Add to losers up to maximum 3 additional positions

Bet size: 0.1% of account size per

point ($20k account = $20 per

point bet)

Stop loss if 3 x winning target (ie

3 x 5 pips lost ie 15 pips)

Trade in direction of trend, or of a

pullback – see next

Popular products: FTSE, Dow,

GBP/USD/JPY/EUR, Gold

Why – What’s The Theory?

The markets moves short sharp

amounts

So capture many small profits with

small moves

When it moves fast in your favour,

quickly add to your position

As soon as it slows, get out

If you have a loss, add to it, to reduce your average entry

price and the market will come

back

Profit Maths

8 x 5 pips = 40 pip profit

2 x 15 pips = 30 pip loss

Net profit 10 pips

Profit Maths

$20 bet per pip is $200 profit per 10 trades

2 trades per hour per product

5 products = 10 trades per

hour

100 trades per day = $2,000

Profit Maths - Caution• Assume 10% of that whilst you learn and make errors

• Increase profits: larger account and bet size; more products observed

When Do You Know To Enter The Trade? Method 1: Trend

…the trend…

Method 2: The Pullback

• Draw a line to represent the average price of the past 9-12 hours

• Ie a line above which as much time the market was as below it

• Ie a line around which the market traded

• Expect pullbacks to the line when price goes above it too far and below it too far

How Do You Know The Trend?

Look at the prices

Look at the chart

Method 3: Breakout

Remember Shorting…

Risks

You don’t exit your losses

You don’t trade with the trend,

breakout or with a pull

back

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Step 2: Familiarise Yourself – 2 minutes

Step 2: Familiarise Yourself With How To Place a Trade – 2 minutes What we are

trading eg Dow. Buy and Sell Buttons and the Buy and Sell Prices. If buy and then sell – make 1 point loss.

Step 2: Familiarise Yourself With How To Place a Trade – 2 minutes

1GBP profit/loss per point change from buy price to sell price

Step 2: Familiarise Yourself With How To Place a Trade – 2 minutes

Optional: At what price you want to sell at a loss ie price below your buy price

Step 2: Familiarise Yourself With How To Place a Trade – 2 minutes

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What if Day Trading Is Not For You?• Can’t spare 1-2 hours daily

What if Day Trading Is Not For You?• Want expert advice not doing it yourself

What if Day Trading Is Not For You?But don’t want to pay big broker fees to manage your money

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Entry

Exit

Profit: 45 pips x 30gbp/pip = 1,350gbp

EUR/USD

Entry

Exit

Profit: 50pips x 30gbp/pip = 1,500gbp

GBP/USD

Entry

Exit

Profit: 1,600USc x 3gbp/USc = 4,800gbp

Gold

Entry

Exit

Profit: 45pips x 30gbp/pip = 1,350gbp

EUR/USD

Entry

Exit

Profit: 1,100USc x 3gbp/USc = 3,300gbp

Gold

Testimonials

Entry

Exit

Profit: 90points x 30gbp/point = 2,700gbp over less than 3 days!

FTSE 100

Entry

Exit

Profit: 120pips x 30gbp/pip = 3,600gbp in 2 days!

EUR/USD

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