almost right, you have to trade through your profit target in order to get filled on the simulator. so 2 tick target requires a 3 tick move to get filled without slippage.
There is an ES Journal - put your trades here ... http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=64965
There is an ES trading discussion here, with live trades http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2155191#post2155191
<i>"Most of you guys are retarded. Very few have anything informative or insightful to say..."</i> But the rest of us are talking from experience. I have no doubt that common logic tells you in the back of your mind that every single emini trader with zero exceptions has at one time in their career the same epiphany you did. Why do you think all of us aren't raking in $$millions scalping two-tick moves? Please tell us you don't honestly think all veteran traders have overlooked the obvious which you seemingly discovered.