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I have traded the ES, and it really does not matter what you trade. Just pick one contract/stock and stick to it. The 6’s have had great range lately. OK, as to liquidity, again, the whole idea is the fundamental concept of supply and demand. What I try to do on the MD...

Very broadly: It cannot be done on SIM. SIM is great to get your feet wet, but you have to go through thousands of hours of riding the "trading a live account" emotional roller coaster, losing and making money. Then and only then, you have to strive to become "gross" profitable (profits...

3 trades? Of course not. You are not seeing the other fills on that screenshot because of the scrolling feature when you reduce the size of the Fill Window. Let me try to put the speculation as to the authenticity of the P&Ls and Fill Windows to rest again. I did that with with the...

I don't quite understand what that means and what you are referring to? The whole purpose of this journal is to explore and find out if it can be done (considering all the parameters)!

I just could not get a thing going today. Should have been a great day, but I was "trying" to scalp the long side only! Go figure. BUT, and I mean BUT, if you can manage to still make money if you are doing everything wrong with an account of this size, imagine what you can do when you are...

Not much, seemingly. But again, put the account size, leverage, and percentages in perspective, and it's something. Also, it's all about making little profits day in and day out. Believe me, it will start to add up!

Thanks for the kind words. And yes, it is purely scalping, to its truest form. And yes, I worked hard at it, and have paid my dues, but the market is so much bigger than that (and the ones we are competing against) it would not matter if everyone on ET learned to do this and took the same side...

The results are real and from a real account. For the time being, let's just stick to the purpose of why I am doing this (first post). Today marks the end of the third week. I am still contemplating the idea how I can best articulate how I trade, short of a live recorded session which I am...

Here's for the TF trade:

I believe the same tricks the algos/bots play in the 6's also play in the TF. So I pulled it up 10 mins. before the close, observed the dome for 5 mins., and it became very clear which side needed the liquidity! At least 20 ticks were available for the grabs in very quick fashion into the...

Got a head start with the overnight session, and got done early. The 6's pay well, so why bother with the NQ! Again, the leverage, margin, account size, actual contract spec of 125,000 Euros, and volatility and daily range makes it all seemingly insane! But I think it can be done...

Back to the routine today! I'd like to start recording my screen during a trading session to get the discussion going. The dome, bid and ask sizes, and order flow had a lot of good information as to the supply and demand and which way it was tilted. Again, the same information lines up on any...

I hate losses! I just could not "read" the market on Monday. Hey, it happens to the best of us! Monday's:

Today's:

Thursday's:

I have been thinking about whether we should get into discussing strategy. Perhaps we could, and perhaps it can be done! Let me set the stage with a broad broad premise: It's not on the chart, and I hardly use charts. I do have them on the screen, but they seldom influence my entries...

The NQ with $5 a tick value is becoming a bit of nuisance. Better stick with the 6's! Have a good weekend.

Got chopped up, churned, and could not get anything going thereafter.

What can I say, I just know what to do on days like today, even with an account this size!

That's what it is all about: "Can 'trading a small account' be done"? See the starting balance a week and a half ago on Friday.