I’m just curious. I’ve been playing with nothing other than straight stocks… no futures, no options for about 18 months. I went in knowing there was a learning curve, which I should have used paper trading for. At the end of 2025 I was down 28%…. I kept grinding, and basically just stop over trading and cutting losses much sooner. Now, year to date for 2026 I’m up 35.61 percent. I Cut back on the amount of tickers and got away from the B/S Momentum stocks I was chasing in the early days. I’ve narrowed my watchlist, but I still feel I should focus on a much smaller list. How many tickers do you other traders focus on, because I think if I could focus on less and continue working mid to higher time frames I should be sizing up and securing more profit.
What is your watchlist size… and do any of you focus on one or a handful tickers and ETF’s . I know that’s a long post, but that’s where I am.