Pffft...A whatever they would not ever encounter because they would not put on size? All it took was ONE NQ during the 2020 to 2022 market to FUCK THEM OVER. It did not matter which direction if you did not have 6 figures in the account, but a bit less? Oy!.
You have been around a long time so I assumed you have success trading stocks and ETF for years. What is the reason you switched over to day trading NQ future? Last year I added day trading stocks to my trading mix to add a third leg to my trading plan. I must say it is not easy, after one and a half years I am still paper trading. Day trading is very hard. Thanks.
I like to trade my IRA money and trading futures long or short is allowed in an IRA. One can achieve shorts in Inverse ETFs, as in trading TQQQ for long and SQQQ for short, but trading NQ is simpler and suits me better. So far so good.