I ve seen many people fail at day trading and I think it s a well known fact that most do not succeed. Therefore understand that the odds are against you and you should never trade with money you can t afford to lose.If you still want to give it a go, begin by trading with an electronic simulator instead of real money. Ask your broker if they have one. If not, I know that there is a free one at http://www.NinjaTrader.com. You need a data feed, but if you re swing trading you can actually use Yahoo! data for free. Make sure you have a valid trading methodology and that you can trade it successfully by using a simulator for a long time before trading with real money. The longer, the better because a trend trading system may work for a few months while the market is trending, but then stop working when the market goes into consolidation and you find your trading account getting chopped up.
My advice(1) Don t day trade.(2) Never buy on margin(3) Never sell short
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