Turned off Futures

Discussion in 'Trading' started by jmp470, May 23, 2019.

  1. jmp470

    jmp470

    i had to turn off futures on TOS, I’m giving up on them. I tried to trade them from March until today, but, repeatedly got smacked down.

    Best of luck to all futures traders.

    Now back to stocks. Where I need to recapture some ground from my experience with futures.
     
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  2. speedo

    speedo

    I gave up doing kidney transplants, of course I had no ideas how to perform them
     
  3. Have you tried the new micro futures? You can perfect your skills with a little less risk.
     
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  4. jmp470

    jmp470

    I have not tried them. I was just doing 1 contract of either ES or CL.

    I think I just have to gravitate to where I was/am more comfortable.
     
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    What exactly was your strategy?
     
  6. jmp470

    jmp470

    It was long then short

    But, I way over traded and was using tick charts for the first time too.

    In stocks, I use daily and hourly to define trend then enter or exit on the 5 minute.
     
  7. themickey

    themickey

    Wise decision.
     
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  8. themickey

    themickey

    That method is not quality of life, as well, brokerage may eat your lunch in the long haul.
     
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  9. Jack W

    Jack W

    I hope stocks and options treat you better than futures did. Best to you, jmp
     
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  10. jmp470

    jmp470

    Thank you for the encouragement. These are the types of trades I can bang out all day long and make money...

    but for some reason... I cannot do it on futures....
     
    #10     May 24, 2019