Kev P

[Kev P @parody_27]

@TheShortBear retail accounts to almost 40% of the option trading volume. and on the other hand options are also used to hedge, therefore this number alone has very little meaning

[Kev P @parody_27]

@Topsandbottom4 @TradetheMatrix1 https://t.co/YlhlK7avGq

[Kev P @parody_27]

I know part of the problem is psychological—I trade scared. Once price moves even 2–3 cents beyond my risk, I become extremely uncomfortable and usually exit.

Have you ever dealt with something similar? If so, what helped you overcome it? Any advice would mean a lot.

[Kev P @parody_27]

@TheShortBear - I'd really appreciate your advice if you have a minute.

I've been trading for almost 4 years, mainly on short side in small caps and leveraged ETFs (SOXL, TQQQ). I don't think my biggest issue is finding setups or understanding fundamentals it's managing fakeouts

[Kev P @parody_27]

I have very strict risk management, but I stop out constantly. I track every trade, and on an average day I'll take about 6 trades. Roughly 2 of those stop out by just a few cents, only to become the best trades of the day if I had simply held through the initial shakeout.

[Kev P @parody_27]

@TheShortBear you dont view the overall markets as forming a range expansion at the top?

[Kev P @parody_27]

@mmonis in such conditions, wouldn't you prefer locking at least 30% of profits on D1 due to high volatility in both conditions rather than giving up gains due to extensive Gap downs?

[Kev P @parody_27]

@TheShortSniper add $MU and $SOXL to that list

[Kev P @parody_27]

@TradetheMatrix1 there are just way too many signs of this being a pump rally rather than it being a strong rally in the macro markets.

[Kev P @parody_27]

@TheOneLanceB the only difference here, this time its a weak push towards ATH, hopefully time will prove this

[Kev P @parody_27]

@saxena_puru you forgot to add SPY and QQQ to the list over there. if not para, surely overvalued

[Kev P @parody_27]

@Scot1andT quick spike is where i generally get stopped out almost 50% of my trades that to in the first 5 mins, any guidance on how to improvise on that?

[Kev P @parody_27]

@TradetheMatrix1 so based on your post, would you recommend observing the Price action and then keeping an order long / short vs keeping a predefined order at Key levels and being stopped out / or being faked out?

[Kev P @parody_27]

@TheOneLanceB too scared to lose, for that reason, sometimes do not end up taking position, creating over complexity, despite being 100% right on the call

[Kev P @parody_27]

@TheShortBear Change your X handle to long bull? 😊😊

[Kev P @parody_27]

@TheShortBear to your point is middle east the only thing that stands before the markets making ATH? what about the current situation of the US economy? re:debt, tariffs, unemployment, inflation, creditability, bonds etc? should we ignore that?

[Kev P @parody_27]

@TheShortBear pullback? or a lower high top?