by Greg Capra | Feb 27, 2025 | Greg's Blog Posts
When I began trading years ago, there wasn’t the Internet or trading from a computer. We placed trades by calling a broker by phone! Can you imagine?It was different, but a similar issue related to placing stops that would be triggered when market makers (MM) pushed...
by Greg Capra | May 12, 2022 | Greg's Blog Posts
The idea of Prop Trading as a profession is based on the concept that “professional prop traders” are allowed leverage beyond the 4:1 retail day trader limit.Pattern day traders (retail traders) are allowed 4:1 leverage and must maintain an account balance...
by Greg Capra | Jul 7, 2017 | Greg's Blog Posts
The idea of Prop Trading as a profession is based on the concept that professional prop traders are allowed leverage beyond the 4:1 retail day trader limit. That is great when used on a truly professional level. If banks can leverage deposited funds in the area of...
by Greg Capra | Jun 21, 2017 | Greg's Blog Posts
Technical investors and traders make their decisions to buy, sell or sell short based on price analysis. There are many technical analysis tools available on all charting platforms, each platform marketing that they have more analysis tools than the others. Do you...
by Greg Capra | May 30, 2017 | Greg's Blog Posts
In the CNBC video link below, Jim Cramer reviews the U S Dollar Index using technical analysis of Fibonacci levels and Time Symmetry analysis that suggests a possible long-term turning point. Jim admittedly knows little about technical analysis concepts. In the...
by Greg Capra | May 5, 2017 | Greg's Blog Posts
Healthcare insurers are losing money. That’s what a commentator said today who was being interviewed about the vote to end Obamacare. As we all know as students of the stock market, prices rise on the anticipation of future growth and earnings. We also know from the...
