Only 100 contracts on ES is BS. Look at the ES DOM yourself. This is a slow summer Friday afternoon and the 1 tick market is running 300 by 300 to 500 by 500.
ok this is the info. I wanted. Thank you So..what's the maxium size any of you are trading the ES at? Any one $1 million+ ?
For the size you are talking about you need a rather significant sized account. You can literally make (or lose) many millions per day in ES or ZN. But you will need 7 or 8 figures in an account (these days anyway) before a firm will even touch you (of course after you've proven yourself)
Big difference between can't and didn't want to....plus I have made my living from this. Didn't say I was successful from day one did I? Why the hostility? You do not know my circumstances....nor do I know nor care about yours. I aksed a genuine question no need to resort to this.
Keep in mind that liquidity is not constant during the day. Around 10 this morning ES was trading more than 15,000 contracts a minute and at lunch time less than 2,000 contracts a minute. That 15,000 contracts a minute is not done by trading 10 lots.
OK I understand this... But I guess 300+ isn't a problem then? Again are there any ES day trading Hedge Funds? I mean you should be able to trade $3M+?
Have you ever tried to make a living on $150,000 trading account? House, family, taxes..not much left. You either know how it is or you don't and simply wan to fight. So lets end it now. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why didn't you want to make money money?
i'm not being hostile i am just trying to figure out why you are even asking these questions. you don't come close to trading this kind of size. is it just general curiousity? i mean i figure you would know what kind of liquidity is present in the markets after 13 years of trading. even you didn't know it's not that hard to look at a chart and see. i am just confused...