Based on my experience, i doubt that you'll do better than break even with the 3 ticks/3 ticks ratio. With the commissions and the spread (if you...
My own plan says 5 trades max. The problem I had recently is that I quit when I begin the day with 2 or 3 good trades (fear of losing the...
63 % winners - Gain/Loss = 1.1
That was not my experience with the trial I had 2 months ago. The average lag was about 1 second behind IB quotes.
I used them during 3 months a year ago. They developed a good site/product in a very short time. The data feed is provided by S&P Comstock. It is...
Fat Fingers strikes again ! :confused:
P.S : I don't trade the E-mini but the ESTX50 wich is very liquid too. I enter with a limit order at ASK+1 and BID-1 (tick on estx50 is 1pt)....
I stick to 5 trades per day max.
I appreciate the adding of the trade's holding time.
I don't understand this. In the meantime, i still trade 1 contract but will to trade 2 in a few weeks. I expect to scale out my 1st contract...
... and the quality of the journal. I find the comments about your day and your trades very instructive and helpful. Do you mind if I recall...
Fluid, Thanks for your input. The funniest is that I fully understand what you mean. I just have to act on it now... Allenz, I don't know if...
Thank you for the valuable info. In the meantime, fridays are my least profitable days. Still don't know the cause (me or the market). I need...
On the last 3 months, I consistently pulled out a little 600⬠net each month from the (future) market with my undercapitalized 4K account. That...
I am very glad to read this because I've got what I call the "friday syndrom". I play a very defensive game on fridays by fear of losing a part...
I don't know if the usual stats (5% winners) are true or not and I don't mind. What I know is that it had a negative influence on me during my...
When I think of it, it took me about 200 trades and 4K to find my edge. I discovered I had one when my equity began to go up. At first I was a...
When I think of it, it just took me about 200 trades and 4K to find my edge. What is my edge ? Probably a good knowledge/experience/pratice...
I don't trade e-mini. But basically, I experienced the same problem at my early stage. At first I thought that my stop loss was too tight. So...
Why 212 and 1696 ? Hummm... 1696/212 = 8
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