You are jumping a little to far ahead:)
I think everyone should chill out a little. I asked the questions I did to make sure this kid has something to fall back on. No young man should attempt trading if they are choosing trading instead of college. Second if he does not have more than...
I used to work for one of the big futures exchanges. One friday afternoon one contract traded 3000 times in a three tick range in a 2 minute period. After doing some investigating the exchange found out that a trader at Tradestation made 1500 trades. He bought and sold 1 contract over and...
I have been around for a bit. Your trading plan is very good. Do not let these people bother you.
To be a professional trader you must keep your costs under control. I trade ER2(Russell 2000). I own a GEM seat at the CME. My clearing fees are .095(plus $50 a day globex fee) and I pay...
For me the solution was trading with the correct size.
I trade ER2(Russell 200 futures). I am an intraday scalper/daytrader. I had the same issue you are describing. I solved the problem by reducing my maximum size. The size I trade with today ----- I never have the fear that one...
Two things made this week tough for me.
1) I am a futures trader so roll over made this week tough to trade. Some day traders/scalpers I know take a vacation the week of roll over.
2) Trading the thin volume summer months of July and August have warped my trading habits. The first weeks...