-$25.80...not $2.58. Your a coder you cannot help it...The details haunt you. I understand completely. The way I have learned to combat that is comprehend peoples comments with a buffer and use them as generalities. Do not take everything so literal. Good luck to you and your algorithm! I worry that your profitability is on such a fine line. Be careful. ES
ok, so that's 20% commission from profit if I get 1 point and 2% if I get 10 points, that's really bad
Heatmap your successful trades by time...see if that gets you closer...you can't do any better on retail commish. Hope that helps. ES
It's 20% both ways. $12.50-$2.58=$9.92/$12.50=79.36%-100%=-20.64% $125.00-$25.80=$99.20/$125.00=79.36%-100%=-20.64% By the way a point = 4 ticks = 4*$12.50. So say a "point" or a "tick" when you talk about ES. ES P.S. Now if you go for 10 ticks per trade vs. 1 tick per trade with 1 contract...now your talkin'..but I get the impression your hyperscalping and your algorithm is trying to compete with the HFT's. Move to Chicago and put your server next door to the exchange.