I've been trading the ES on/off for about 5 years... I have reasons to keep my stats private. I can say the following... I rarely make more than 10 RT's per day and most of the time I'm done by 11 am EST unless market conditions warrant further tradable action (Fed days, etc.) In the past I wasn't able to achieve any consistency but then I realized something that was statistically significant and I built my edge around it. The edge itself is very powerful but I still struggled for some time due to psychology issues. It's all about the edge, statisctics and psychology.
Thanks for replying What lead up to that realization? Was it watching the market every day? Back-testing? What is you edge based on? Is it price action?
Watching the market every day (and not just the ES). I'm also trading stocks alongside the ES. Yes it is based on PA, I don't use any indicators.
So based on charts as opposed to something else like the DOM/orderflow? If so, that's interesting. I was starting to believe that people who claim to be able to trade consistently from charts were just make-believe/vendors/scammers etc etc. I'm yet to find what I'd call an 'edge' from charts after about 6 years, but i'll never give up
That entry was actually a slight mistake on my part (criteria wasn't actually met for a trade but I wasn't really paying attention) Sure it'll be fine, though/ Target is set. Off out for a beer. Good luck all