Recent content by Ramses

I'm probably late to the party, but 70% of my trading is on ES. I mostly scalp and Position trade it & been doing so for many years. Why the ES? It's behavior , liquidity & as many mentioned, you can hit bids in & out with some fairly decent size without much trouble. Overall, it's a well...

Thanks for clearing this up Shawn, that was fast!

@Earn2Trade Just wondering, is it okay to hold position during News like FOMC, Payroll, Crude Oil Inventories, etc? Some of us have systems/Strategies we initiate during the Asian session and go to bed -- The idea of cutting off a profitable trade, at a particular time of day because of...

Yeah definately; I've made enough profits to lease a seat for a while with my broker, since the membership process takes some time (A CME agent told me). Low Commissions help my profits, that's about it.

I can understand where you're coming from- however you can snatch a few $100-$1000 from the Dom here and there if you fully understand it's very basis and nature. I don't know about you but that's a fair deal to me for a short time frame. Time is indeed money my friend :)

Thank you for all the insights. I maybe forgot to mention that i tend to use Market orders more rather than limits and I've been doing very well so far on the live account(Up 5%). I understand the concern of slippage, but if you're trading proffessionally and you're serious about this bussiness...

@Autodicdact, Thank you for your insight however i was asking for Fees and such. So far It's been working like a charm in a real account. It may be "The hardest" thing for you but not necessarily the most challenging in trading -Ramses

Thank you for your insight. As far as trading cost go, what else would you say is a big downfall for profitable traders? I took into accountability my charting, Platform, commissions, exchange and minor IT fees. Without counting taxes, should i be aware of other MAJOR fees? If so, what exactly...

hey there traders, this will be my first post on ET. I've been extremely successful scalping futures the past 9 months (Works 95% of the time, i know, hard to believe) in SIM. Long story short, i got funded 6 figures to backtest my strategy on a real account the upcoming months. I make in...