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Beginner questions(part 1)

I have been trading for a long time, but sometimes I notice that I think for a long time before entering the action in situations that have already been 1000 once. If I hadn't thought for so long, did not miss good entries and the result was better. Answer: There is no pill in this situation, which will immediately "heal" you. Is there any pattern for making such mistakes, which you could recognize?For example, it can be some specific phrases, with which you can convince yourself of something. Maybe, situations, where are you making a mistake, typical and repetitive? Think, what do you need to track somehow, may be, write down, every such case, when you "talked" yourself into making the wrong decision. Analyze the decision making process, to find, where are you fooling yourself. When will you deal with this, you will need to recognize such situations when trading.

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I now want to switch from index trading, for trading stocks and futures.
Mindful of your indulgence towards beginners and perhaps a desire to help in the first steps, decided to ask you for help.
Perhaps some of the questions will be completely stupid., well, excuse me.. ))

1) Based on my practice, advise where is the most correct place to set the stop? Why?
(for me this is not a solvable task)

The stop will depend on the idea of ​​your system. There are no generic methods.

2) Written by: Margin requirements (Initial 2970$/ Maintenance margin 2200$)
What's the difference between “initial” And “поддерживающей” by margin? If I have 1000$, how many lots can I buy at their current price 0,9162 (австр.дол.).

I.e, originally, to buy one contract, you must have on your account 2970 Dollars. While holding a position, the account should not fall below 2200 Dollars. Если у Вас всего 1000 Dollars, you will not be able to buy any contracts.

3) In case of expiration of the contract, my position is closed at the current price? Is it worth keeping?

Yes, closes at the current price, if the broker does not support delivery, and in this case, the date will be different — before the expiration of the contract.. You can switch to the next month's contract in advance or on the same day, that is, sell this one and buy the next.

4) Written by: Commission 6$ for the lot. Min.kom. 10$.
Does this mean what the 1 lot, whose current price 0,9162$ on the exchange, I cry 6$ Commission? This is how I will pay off???

Not, if min.kom 10 Dollars, you will pay at least 10 Dollars. It really isn't that much, since only one tick of the full AUD contract, if I'm not mistaken, 12,5 Dollars.

5) Not sure, знаете ли вы, all shares are adjusted on the NYSE? After last week's rise, I can't find any paper, what would fall, although at other times they walk mostly differently.
That's why you trade futures?

Not, most of my trade is stocks. Certainly, they are correlated, however, like all stock markets in the world.

Press conference

Here, it turns out they write to me in private messages, and also some emails got into email somehow, I didn't even notice, as I rarely check. Therefore, I will try to answer some questions here., especially since many questions are repeated.

what literature on the topic was studied and what from read, in your opinion, deserves special attention;

I read a lot of literature, especially in the beginning — almost everything that came across, some literature, Really, diagonally or just flipped. But one of the first from which I learned what markets are like and how it all happens — Parshikov and Tvardovsky & quot; Secrets of stock trading" — just got caught one of the first, quite informative and to the point. Think, for beginners, all the books that describe the initial information deserve attention. But the books, where the guaranteed income is declared after reading, I think, can harm and create false illusions for beginners.

I dug a small system (true in Ami but the code is flawlessly simple), wrote under the Russian futures, but it would be interesting to see the results on the bourgeois futures. Could you, if there is time and desire of course, look at this case, how would it work there

Not, I didn't manage to make friends with Amibroker, that's why I already forgot how to do what there. And I never knew the syntax of the language, therefore I will hardly help in this matter. Try to ask on the spider — there a whole section is reserved for the Amibroker.

Are you related to the broker JCTradinggroup?

Not, никакого. I was surprised at this coincidence when they appeared here.. Сначала думал, maybe joking. But no.. :)

– did they trade on the Russian FR (MICEX, FORTS),And, if not, then why;

Yes, certainly. I started with forex and a month later I went to Guta-bank (now VTB-24) draw up documents for opening an account on the Russian stock exchanges. But since I was a non-resident, then quite high taxes were — 33%. I also did not like that every month I had to carry a signed piece of paper confirming transactions to the bank. As soon as you don't bring a piece of paper — chopping off trade and portfolio. I got tired of it quickly and became a long-term investor, who I still am. :)

– where did you start trading: selection of markets, tools, system, deposit amount;

I started with forex at the end 2004 of the year, then a month later the MICEX, and almost simultaneously opened the first account in the USA and gradually the focus shifted to American stocks. Initially had no idea about markets at all, did not know how a stock differs from a bond, but I'm very glad that there weren't even then seminars and videos for day traders, so I just didn't know about this trading style, а то бы, чувствую, I would lose a lot of money. Having opened an account in the USA, I began to search on the Internet for what kind of companies there are in the USA — I knew one — Microsoft and bought it right away. Then I found Bank of America — well I think, if the bank is cool — also bought. In general, I bought according to this principle. Kept losses and cut profits. It was lucky that it was not a bear market and ended the first year in positive territory, but this year has already more or less figured out with shares, but still did not understand what futures and options are. I studied everything that could be studied and tried to trade everything that could be traded and in the second year of trading I got a huge minus in grain futures, but forex and stocks gave a common plus. Then it so happened that I stumbled upon the right path that changed everything. — specialized programs for creating trading systems. From that moment on, a completely new stage began..

what is your algorithm for creating a trading system;

Differently every time, but more often by inspiration. Sometimes ideas come, when I read literature, forums. Sometimes you can just test other people's systems, since I have no illusions about my exclusivity and I am sure that there are systems better than mine, why not use. I just bought systems a couple of times, which seemed to me worthy of attention. So there is no algorithm — by inspiration :)

at the moment you have some kind of off-line employment, well, let's say a company on those or other shares?where do you go to work for a salary??well, or completely and completely went into trading?

Not, there is no other employment for a long time, for years 6. That is, I am fully engaged only in speculation on stock exchanges.. True, in the summer, roller skates take a lot of time when the weather is good.

in general, if not a secret, give yourself some help about how you came into this business?In principle, you are already normal, you could have found the 90s in their most interesting climax))

Yes, 90-e years I found. Then he lived in Lithuania. Just in 91, he quit his job in his specialty after college and went to trade, first changed the currency, then various little things. When did the internet appear (approximately at 97 year), began to earn there with affiliate programs — first for clicks on banners, then with a percentage of sales on American sites. Littered the whole Internet with commercial sites in English, every day I sculpted a few pieces on free servers, then I began to buy my domains too — for many queries in search engines, sites appeared on the first pages, which brought a lot of traffic for several years. Then something changed and the search engines banned the sites, considering it spam or just their algorithm has changed, but by this time I had already moved on to speculate on the stock exchanges. That's how it came :)

here you go, the main questions were. If you haven't answered anyone, write to blog, otherwise I may not even notice in the mail among the daily spam.

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