sooooooo .... what sort of average daily returns percentagewise are we getting out there for say the YM on CBOT ? anyone care to share ? Mine are all over the map and i give too much money to the brokers for commisions every day. thinking about giving up intraday and moving to other ways. Any comments ? thanks.
=========== Viola; For emini contests ''winners'' ; double didget For professionals; Four Biggest Mistakes in Futures Trading ,by Kaeppel helps
=============== Vio; Some thing that helped me; but frankly somewhat embarrasing in years past , click on year to date chart, click on 50 days intraday chart, say hourly. More of a monthly % on ES this year ,some %% monyhs,[less last year]; than on swingtradeng stocks. Dont see a longer time frame much help in index derivatives; like it is in stocks And even if you only play short or long only[best both;] how much did you get out of those Year to date trends???Too many comissions show you are not letting profis run most likely, or to tight of stops, or both . Chicago BOT has some good investor ed, including some wide stops suggestions; day trade ES myself, dont like ES overnite , [like overnite swingtrade stocks ]but thier BOT education is helpful
================= Viola; With most of trends down, heres why if i was swingtrading would be short overnite, trends are friends; however with YM,ES both gap up today, thats why prefer intraday. All ES,YM /Volente journals may help; longer charts intraday can keep comissions reasonable. When i dont like my ES profit & loss, usually ; crude but effective, trade more a.m. moves than afternoon, and adjust profit targets.