I was going to say that you were wrong about the dollar range being better on ES, but I looked at the ranges and compared and you are right....
As far as liquidity goes ES>NQ>ER2>YM. ES=25>NQ=5.5>ER2=3.5>YM=2.5 Good posts by Austin and Gurucan. All the charts look identical to...
ER2 looks like it has blackbox's taking out all trailing stops, I trade it every day and you can see this happening. Put in an order with a 5 tick...
This is a good thread, I've had similar experiences Flip. Averaging losers on trend days has taken a months profit for me numerous times. You've...
Good post. Experience and learning price action are essential.
Good questions; however, how will knowing the answer to this question affect your trading. Ask yourself the most important question, what time...
You guys have no clue, it was the monday after option expiration, that is the reason for the volume on monday morning.
Captain Obvious has a new alias? THis thread is hilarious.
agreed. It's more entertaining then bloomberg thou.
posted that video 4 months ago. http://elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=83320&highlight=trader+flips+out the guy sitting across...
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I agree. Trading should be boring in a way to where it "doesn't" get your adrenaline pumping. This is done through correct position sizing for...
Jack, That is a pretty good ratio. With as many trades you took I thought I would be seeing closer to 40-50% commissions.
I agree with Johnk49 and Jimmy Jam. Quotetracker is awesome software. I believe it's possible to make $50 a day on ym with 4k if you already...
I wasn't able to figure out the total P/L for your blotter, but I was wondering something more important, which is what your commisons were as a...
I agree Frank. Sometimes I would see a print on ZN before ECO #'s released, but there isn't any edge for retail traders knowing this.
When there is economic news I see ZN being leading index (most the time trading inversly to stock indices), then ES, YM, ER2, NQ. Overall NQ lags....
Jack, Those chart and graphs you showed were interesting and your long post on the different colored jerseys was interesting as well. A post that...
alorainc, That makes it sound like the market revolves around 1 large farmer who is only selling 1 product. Your example would sound better if...
It seems like every morning we get a pop on news and then the rest of the day is faded. I'm still watching the Yen for correlations between the 2.
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