Eagle, I don't think ZAL wrote this as a trading system. The document does not deal with entries, exists, or any other such techniques. This article solely deals with the discipline portion of day trading. In day trading, letting you "profits run" can be dangerous due to sharp price noise. That's why he mentions grabbing a few ticks, and getting out. MM
Fixed expenses will stay the same. Variable expenses, like commissions and exchange fees, will go up with an increase in volume. Assuming $5.00 in commissions and fees per round turn one could expect to incur an additional $12,000+ in variable expenses. On $300,000 in gross income I would not be too upset with paying an additional 4% or 5% in variable expenses.
Markets whose participants are 50% Hedgers (producers and users) are easier to trade. They are more consistent and predictable than markets whose participants are primarilly speculators (like the equity indexes). Support and resistance levels (high volume and low volume numbers) typically hold to within a tic in a hedged market like the 30-Year Bond.
Excellent. But I think it's a bit too many rules presented in a slightly different ways but have the same goal, for example control losses, there should be one rule is enough. I think the mandatory rules are 6, 23, 4, 10 and 15. Everybody can obey rule #6, but not everybody can obey rule #23 frequently with confidently. To do so the rule 10 & 15 must be embedded into trader's personality in order to encourage him to trust his gut feeling (23) because both rules (10 & 15) are there as a firewall. IMO, rule #23 is the most important and it's the wall that separate winners and losers. Never ever forget rule #4 because our ultimate goal is to increase our capital.
Reaver, That goes for you, too. I'll spare you guys any further aggravation, and bow out at this point.
Getting back to Rule #9: Earn the right to trade bigger I believe that if you follow this rule and have a set performance goal to enable you to increase your trade size then you will become a more profitable trader while (Rule #3) reducing your exposure to a potential disastrous day. The fact is: if you can trade a one lot for 4 full Bond Tics with consistency then there is no reason why you couldn't trade 10 lots for 4 tics or 20 lots for 4 tics. The lot size number in your execution srceen has nothing to do with how you manage the trade. I have learned to manage a one lot with the same discipline, perspective and perseverance as a 20 lot or even 50 lot. Recognising and acting on a 4 tic profit or loss on a trade (no matter what the trade size is) is much more important than worrying about the dollar amount of the profit or loss. You should consider keeping score with tics and not dollars.
That's called the trader mind is embedded in the tape, not in his portfolio. Easy to say, hard to do, huh!
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