Thoughts on Swing

In my profile, I've stated that I want to make money by swing trading. The reason that I want to swing trade is because at this point in my life, I am not yet ready to make the transition to trading for a Living. There, I said it! I'm not trading for a living, but I have spent a lot of my time recently reading about the different positive and negative aspects of pursuing this as my new "career." I actually have some seeds of fear, uncertainty and doubt planted in my head that needs to be removed if I am ever to be successful at trading for a living. Starting this journal was one of my strategy for attacking that FUD.

Anyways, given the limited time I have to commit to this, I feel swing trading offers more flexibility and gives me a more reasonable chance of success. Unfortunately, I have been reading a few daytrading blogs lately, and as interesting as they have been to read, I don't think they have improved my swing trading tactics and strategies. Also, I haven't come across any good articles on swing trading (other than Dan Fitzpatrick's freebies offered on theStreet.com). Perhaps I will have to bite the bullet and purchase some more books that have been recommended by other traders that I follow.