What did you do when you realised you were a scalper?

[K_2]

scalping is fun but drains mental energy.

Absolutely agree

[GWest]

I still scalp at the moment, but I’m looking into entering some longer swing trades. Researching this now. I’ve kind of discovered that as I learn more and trade more, i’ve developed more patience, stepped back to see that there are some oppertunities to be had understanding the longer game.

I think maybe two things, alot of noobs scalp, because …well you have to start somewhere and scalping is very hands on, very quick and very attentive…needs a lot of attention. You can learn fast, in either a good or bad way lol

Longer trades require you to be a bit more thoughtfull about your entry and exit, your research and understanding of trends has to be more tuned to be succesfull. Would anyone agree?

[sandybeach]

I still scalp at the moment, but I’m looking into entering some longer swing trades. Researching this now. I’ve kind of discovered that as I learn more and trade more, i’ve developed more patience, stepped back to see that there are some oppertunities to be had understanding the longer game.

I think maybe two things, alot of noobs scalp, because …well you have to start somewhere and scalping is very hands on, very quick and very attentive…needs a lot of attention. You can learn fast, in either a good or bad way lol

Longer trades require you to be a bit more thoughtfull about your entry and exit, your research and understanding of trends has to be more tuned to be succesfull. Would anyone agree?

Yep i would agree, i may be a noob and only demo trading, but by watching the 1 and 5 min charts it has allowed me to see what happens when certain news reports get released. Monday was interesting with the news about the spanish banks on the weekend.

But yes i think if i was trading the hourly or daily charts it would need more long term planning. Its easy on the 5 min chart to ignore the news and grab a few pips, but the hourly ones, well more planning i think

[wmorris3825]

I started scalping, took some beating and switched over to more of a day trading type strategy, but then started scalping again and managed to develop a profitable strategy so here I am loving every second of it!

[trikkynikki]

So I have realised the way I trade is scalping…

I have spent weeks denying this, because it sounds so risky.

However I am able to make 20+ trades a day with 90% or so win rate.
My stop losses are dynamic and generally I am either right or wrong, and if I am wrong I exit with a 1 or 2 pip loss.

Sometimes I get greedy and once my stoploss is at breakeven Ill setup a trailing stoploss however still working on rules for that…

My main question is, are there professional scalpers and if so when did you realise scalping was for you?

This is kind of unrelated, but I am writing an article for my journalism class about scalping and I was wondering if I could ask you some questions.

[trikkynikki]

If anyone here who scalps on the regular or for a living would not mind answering some questions for me for a journalism article I am writing in school, I would GREATLY appreciate it.