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it might be best to find some trading method that fits your personality... some guys/gals like slow markets and long term trades some like to be in and out in 30 seconds. Once you figure this out then you can try and grab some info from the members.
Depends how you define "scalping" but professionals that I know, and I do know a few real money professionals personally, don't scalp. One of the challenges with coming up with a scalping method is that when you go live with real money you end up being eaten alive by slippage and commissions. A profitable scalping method in sim ends often up going down in flames when you attempt to go live...but again...this all hinges on how you define scalping.
I am not saying that scalping can't be successful, but it is a very difficult road for sure.
Yea, I have never understood Al's terminology but in all fairness I have never studied it in depth other than reading threads and watching various webinars..many people on this site love him...that being said...when a leg of a trend takes a pullback is a description of price action and really has nothing to do with scalping. Scalping is taking trades with very small profit targets and very small stops. Some people will say 3 tick targets, or 4 tick, 10 tick, etc..is a scalp. Just depends on how you define "Scalp".
It seems to be close to a universal understanding. For Brooks, it's,
"... to a day trader, scalping is holding a position for one to fift een minutes or so and usually exiting on a limit order at a profit target in an attempt to capture one small leg on whatever time frame he is using for his trades. "