Would the Wise One, who can make a living trading 1 car, continue to trade just 1 car? Or is it too Unwise?
Like others have written, it depends on your lifestyle and what you're trying to accomplish. Obviously, trading 1 contract does not allow you to scale out of positions, but it is probably the best way to trade when you begin trading the ES.
If one can only trade one contract, must be correct many times over to not lose capitol. Must you trade more than one contract to be profitable? No. Must be correct more so than wrong while preserving capitol and managing risk/reward.
Trading one contract will make it take longer to burn your account out. If you want to go to zero faster, using more contracts will help.
but of course ! He surely would...till he blows up http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=194342&highlight=pipedream