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Where do you calculate your position size before entering a trade?
I do it directly from the buy/sell panel. You set the risk and stop loss, it calculates the quantity, sends the order to the broker, and the entry / stop / take-profit levels appear on the chart so they can be adjusted visually. How do you usually do it?
Oil back to semi-normal in 2 months time?
Is it just me or does it seem like in given 2-3 months period the price of oil will return back to normal? Since, no country can sustain these prices, even china, who has gotten around 11m barrels of oil just before closing the SoH, will start to have issues? …
My holdings are all defense and aerospace except 10% US Treasuries ETFs. I bought before the war, kindly critique:
I'm older but still working. US citizen. The following comprise $205,000 in a traditional IRA: XAR, PPA, ITA, EUAD, WDEF, JEDI, DRNZ, AMPX, GBUG, COPP. Single Stocks: RYCEY, EOPSF. 10% in SGOV and TFLO.
Treasury, Gold and commodities
I was listening to an analyst and they mentioned that due to the Russian-Ukraine war the international community froze Russian assets including US treasuries. Due to this countries started to go away from treasuries and went into gold. They could still convert gold to buy commodities. Now the Iran war …
$200 oil impact on stocks (S&P)
$200 a barrel is being discussed as a worst case price for oil if the war continues. Has there been any modeling on the impact to stocks if this were to occur? I figure use the S&P as a baseline, perhaps there is analysis that’s been done that provides the …
With US occupied with Iran, will China use this as its opportunity to seize Taiwan?
Ive been thinking. With the US sending so many of its warships and military assets to Iran, this would be the perfect time for China to take Taiwan if they were ever going to do it. Like this literally would be the best time ever for them to do it. …
Does anyone else feel like stagflation risk is creeping back?
It kind of feels like the market isn’t really afraid of just one thing right now, It’s more the combination of inflation staying high while growth starts slowing down. That’s usually the kind of environment that makes investors uneasy because it puts central banks in a tough spot. Curious if …
J.P. Morgan, 1 day before the war started: "we do not anticipate protracted oil supply disruptions"
Probably the worst prediction of 2026 so far Article posted on 27th of February (1 day before the war started): [https://www.jpmorgan.com/insights/global-research/commodities/oil-prices](https://www.jpmorgan.com/insights/global-research/commodities/oil-prices) >**Oil price forecast: A bearish outlook for Brent in 2026** \[...\] >Despite a recent spike in oil prices, J.P. Morgan Global Research expects to see Brent crude averaging around …
Anyone waiting to buy travel stocks?
Probably travel stocks will boom when Iran war is over and oil prices falls. Is anyone else waiting for dip to buy any travel stocks? Hotels? Airlines? What's your plan? Or everyone only buying tech stocks?
Semi retired, portfolio green AF
Guys. 6 years ago QQQ was $279. The entire value of the tech industry as a whole has absolutely not doubled since. I keep seeing loss posts, here and beyond, and I kinda wanted to remind everyone of one thing The ticker/price is a valuation. The value is in the …