gujboy75

With Think or Swim / Schwab - can you place a mutileg order and have it be considered just 1 trade or is it separate trades? Thanks.

Where can this discussion topic be found in advance? Unofficial trade ideas / Earnings or non-earnings ideas? Kim, I am also getting a notification (as these trades are for a $10K account) that buying/selling the same equity in the same day is counting towards day trading. How can we avoid this or what are you doing? TD Ameritrade suggests a balance over $25K to not be considered for this. I've used up 2 of the 5 days, and reading their warning it seems if I continue for the rest in a row they will not allow me to close my position. Their verbage: If you are flagged as a pattern day trader, you'll be subject to restrictions, including a minimum equity of $25,000 at the start of any day in which day trading occurs. Pattern day-trader accounts that fall below the $25,000 minimum equity requirement for day trading will be restricted to closing transactions only for 90 days, or until the equity is brought up to $25,000.

Thank you. I'm trying to do it with existing brokers if that is possible like Think or Swim? I'll dig deeper, I'm sure youtube will be helpful Appreciate you steering me in the right direction!

Background: I've been trading stocks/options for over 18+ years or so. I have accounts with your regular retail brokers - Etrade etc. My question is, when people say they've done back testing - how are they doing this? Is someone willing to make a video on how to perform back testing? How is this done? What data is needed to perform back testing? Do you need a special service - is it free? What is the cost etc? This is a totally new area for me, but I would like to learn more to help increase my profits and learn from others and mentor others. Thanks.