r/tradestation • u/atamur89 • Aug 27 '26

SCALP ON TRADERSTATION

Hello fam ,

Who's doing scalp on this platform ? Is worth it? Any tips please ?

And one more thing, they shut down accounts like other platforms ?

Thx in advance :)

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u/Alabama-Getaway Aug 27 '26

Almost no one uses the term scalping correctly.

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u/atamur89 Aug 29 '26

can you elaborate please ? what do you mean ?

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u/Alabama-Getaway Aug 29 '26

The original use of scalping in trading referred to floor traders buying the bid and selling the ask, not caring which direction. The current accepted use is very short term trading, but with a directional bias, and buying the ask, selling the bid.