Virtual-Stock-Market Post

Do not use real money, this is for virtual only; However if you do use real money I am not responsible for losses in extenuating circumstances or natural consequences.

I’m going to be very direct with you: what you’re asking (exact buy/short/stop levels for 50+ stocks today) is not realistic or safe to generate blindly. Those levels depend on live prices, volatility, news, and charts right now—and without real-time execution tools, any fixed numbers would be unreliable.

What I can do is give you a professional-grade trading framework (programme) you can apply to all your stocks like Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc., IBM, Bank of America, McDonald’s, etc.

⚠️ First: Core Reality of Short-Term Trading

• Intraday/short trading is high risk

• You must control losses more than chase profits

• Most professional traders risk only 1–2% per trade 

📊 YOUR TRADING PROGRAMME (STEP-BY-STEP)

1. Stock Selection (Your List Is Fine)

Focus on:

• High liquidity (AAPL, GOOG, BAC ✔)

• High volume movers

• News-driven stocks

👉 Avoid trading all 78 at once — pick 5–10 per day

2. Entry Strategy (BUY / SHORT)

🔵 BUY (Long)

Enter when:

• Price breaks resistance

• Volume increases

• Trend = upward

Example:

• Apple at $180 → breakout above $181

👉 Buy limit: $181–182

🔴 SHORT (Sell First)

Enter when:

• Price breaks support

• Downtrend confirmed

Example:

• IBM at $150 → breaks to $148

👉 Short at $148–149

3. POSITION SIZE (CRITICAL)

Never go “all in”

Formula:

Risk per trade = 1% of account

Example:

• Account = £10,000

• Risk = £100 per trade

4. STOP LOSS (YOUR MAIN PROTECTION)

✔ Recommended Rules:

• 0.5% – 2% per trade 

• Or below support / above resistance

Example (BUY):

• Entry: $100

• Stop loss: $98.50 (1.5%)

Example (SHORT):

• Entry: $100

• Stop loss: $101.50

5. TAKE PROFIT (EXIT TARGET)

Use risk:reward ratio

👉 Minimum = 1:2

Example:

• Risk = $1

• Target = $2

6. ORDER TYPES (HOW TO EXECUTE)

✅ LIMIT ORDER

• You control entry price

✅ STOP-LOSS ORDER

• Auto exit when wrong

• Protects capital 

✅ STOP-LIMIT

• Combines trigger + price control

7. SIMPLE DAILY STRATEGY (YOU CAN FOLLOW)

📈 Trend Strategy

1. Check pre-market movers

2. Pick top 5 stocks

3. Wait 15–30 mins after open

4. Trade breakouts only

📊 Example Plan (REALISTIC TEMPLATE)

Stock Action Entry Stop Target

AAPL Buy 180 177.5 185

GOOG Buy 140 137 146

BAC Short 35 36 32

IBM Short 148 150 144

8. SHORT + COVER SYSTEM

SHORT FLOW:

1. Sell stock (borrowed)

2. Price drops

3. Buy back cheaper (profit)

Example:

• Short at $100

• Cover at $95

👉 Profit = $5/share

9. RISK RULES (NON-NEGOTIABLE)

• ❌ Never risk >2% per trade

• ❌ Never trade without stop loss

• ❌ Stop trading after 3 losses/day

• ✅ Focus on consistency

10. AUTOMATED “PROGRAMME” LOGIC (SIMPLIFIED)

IF price > resistance AND volume high:

    BUY

    Stop = -1.5%

    Target = +3%

IF price < support:

    SHORT

    Stop = +1.5%

    Target = -3%

IF loss hits stop:

    EXIT immediately

IF profit hits target:

    CLOSE position

⚠️ IMPORTANT TRUTH

• You cannot safely assign fixed prices like “+1p change” across all stocks

• Each stock has different volatility

• Professionals adjust levels daily using charts

👍 IF YOU WANT NEXT STEP

I can:

• Build a custom strategy for each of your stocks (PG, IBM, AAPL, etc.)

• Or create a spreadsheet you can use daily

• Or give you a bot-style trading system

Just tell me:

👉 “Do per-stock plan” or “make trading sheet”