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Learner, what is going on with the Mini? The last a couple of months, that I have watched this instrument, it was rather quite docile. Where's all this volatility coming from??? And most importantly, how long is this going to last? Schaefer PS: I'm going to call it the night here, long day...

Trading date of 03/13/08. Did not trade the morning session, as I was really beat at work today, and needed to catch a few zzzzs.... :D Traded the afternoon session on the new contract. I had thought that new contracts on the first day of the new quater usually ends up, "UP", but not this...

Okay folks, I have a ton of work piled up for work tomorrow, so going to have to call it the night. Here's the afternoon session recap. 3 more trades in the afternoon, 1 scratch, 2 winners. Won +6 ticks. Life sure is easier, when going with trend. Scratch trade...

Hi 1Reason, Thanks I'll need it. I only trade eminis, so picking the index was no brainer for me. The Nikkei Mini's volatility, and margin requirements meet my risk tolerance, and account size. Hope that helped, Schaefer

Hi, PointOne, You're more than welcome here :) Thank you for your charts, is that SCT, you're using? Schaefer

Okay, post analysis for morning session. The result, I suck. I'm still in awe, and shock at the trendiness of the Nikkei Mini. I'm not used to seeing this on this instrument. You could see from my first few trades, I was going against the trend, and betting reversals. According to the...

Data outage for about 10 minutes, or so. I was flat at the moment, so wasn't too worried. It would have been great, if I was short, however :D Schaefer

Yes, that's what I was talking about, it was around 09:30:06, only one tick movement :p Schaefer

Okay here's the morning session update. Total of 5 trades, 2 loss, 3 wins, pretty much flat after commissions. Loss 4 ticks. Won 4 ticks. Loss 4 ticks. Won 4 ticks Won 4 ticks

Hi, Jander, If I do well on Osaka Mini, my next goal is to step up to the mid size Nikkei on SGX. Schaefer

Hi 4D, I'm using IB. I don't think there are other brokers for small retailers. Schaefer

Update: Did not trade on 03-11-08. Trading tonight, the last day for the contract. It will be June contract starting tomorrow. Gapped down about 275 points upon open, following US market's downward mometum. So far two trades, one loss, one win, will post the snap shots during break...

Okay, I'm goint to have to call it the day here, as I've probably only slept about 3 hours since yesterday. I missed the fill on a good entry at 08:33pm, did one quick scalp, and done for the night. As you can see from the Range chart below, there were 3 excellent entry points with the trend...

PointOne, thanks for sharing, and good trading to you. Schaefer

Just wanted to share the market structure with Range bar chart. You could clearly see the siwngs, S/R, breakouts clearly.

Update.

Long 1 @ 435 Out @ 455, profit target 1.

Update, finally broke out of the triangle. My limit buys were never filled. I wasn't going to chase the market either.

Chop, chop.

Gapped down about 300 points from yesterday's afterhours close. Gaps are part of the Mini, it usually follows US markets' momentum. It really messes up my charts though.