when I was holding short in the F.C. period, then the bottom dropped out I was more able to of course clearly see the pattern and was able to...
Sharing with the crowd. Today was actually not that bad. Flat consolidation with more Flat Consolidation...at least you know where the second...
ah... but the Truth is.... there is No spoon. -momo
TM- I can't believe I'm bothering to reply to this thread, still can't believe I made it down to your post. But I sure as hell, am glad I...
Sorry, fellas for the confusion. I trade 5 contracts at a time. aka. On each trade I'm buying or selling 5 at a time. Therefore total pts....
Seth- multiple. 5-contracts each trade. see my trade log. *not my acct. when dealing with my own money, most days I couldn't trade my...
E-mini Futures have plenty of opps. on days like today. it was good for 25.5pts today in my account. I would however, differ from the crowds...
I concur with the both of you. Spreadem- no offense, but your math is waaaaaaaaaaaaay off for calculating risk of Es as compared to Nq....
>>However, there must also be a definition of "winning". << any trade that covers comms. and provides any profit above that is a winner....
main reason: I'm trading a system. secondary reason: Its not mine. rules are rules. However, the system designer has determined that...
Maximum Adverse Excursion / Maximum Favorable Excursion in the simpliest of terms, my losers typically go 0 to 1.5 pts. in my favor(MFE),...
abenyukh- start watching the Nq. My stop suggestion would be to consider a 6pt. stop I trade the Nq daily and seldom find myself getting...
NQ. compare your positions entries and exits in each with the comparable $ value for each position. Track this for a week, then you'll have...
Do I make money consistently? or Do I make over 30 pts. consistently? What is consistently? Each Day? You are probably asking the most...
Can't place a trade for less than 1 contract. I vary the position size in the Cubes from 1K for "my" typical position to a few hundred shares...
16.50 pts. on Monday the 6th $330 I'll take what the market gives me. Today, 1-8-02 so far up over 10.0 pts. short since 13:51 @...
Tat- I take equilavent positions in the QQQ when I take a positon in the NQ. Typically, 1,000 shares in the underlying asset, as I take a...
Account: $30k base at all times. 120K intraday buying power. Trades Jan 7th, 2003 PST NQ E-mini 1-contract 8:47 L 1065 8:55 S 1067...
The number 5 showing in the people who actually admit to blowing out their account, is maaaaaaaaaaaybe, close to the number of real traders on...
View- First things first. If you have any "Confirmation before trade"- box checked on your platform, then uncheck it. Then do some simple...
Separate names with a comma.