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I have 3 years experience daytrading (first stocks, later US index futures) I have a college degree in applied economics but further nothing I want to trade futures for a living but not entirely on my own. I don't want to be a retail-trader. I'm looking for some kind of...

Any suggestions on how I could evaluate a trading-method/system?

*both systems traded in may & june *both systems trade the US indices *no overnight risk *max daily risk = 2.5% of capital A) 40% winners 60% losers expectancy/contract = 0.6 point made 23% B) 60% winners 40% losers expectancy/contract = 3.25 point made 8%

No I am not saying that. I say my stop doesn't get hit often but I do exit with negative outcomes.

About my tradingstyle ... Most of the time I take only 1 trade (in index futures) a day and keep it as long as possible. When I open a trade I risk 2% of my capital (hard stop). My stop gets hit only occasionally (lets say once every 2 months). I exit all my positions between -2% & +3%...

I've been testing a strategy (last 2 months) on trading oil (CL) intraday. Here are my results: 103 trades 36 winners (-.20) 67 losers (+.50) This results (with 1 contract) in +4.90 points (+490 ticks) After comissions in +4.50 (+450 ticks) Do I have an edge?

Can it be done efficiently with options?

I want to swingtrade some US index futures (ES, NQ, YM). How can I "delete" the overnight risk? Any suggestions how this hedge can be done ?

RTH = 15.30 - 22 in your time zone

Let's assume a strategy that has the following result after +100 trades: 35% winners (hit +10, no further data about hitting higher targets) 35% breakeven (hit +4 but not +10 & returned to entry) 30% losers -4 What would we the best moneymanagement for this strategy? All out at +10 or...

If someone would trades +500 contracts of ES, would that cause slippage on a market order? How would you enter/exit with +500 contracts?

Can I find historical tickcharts of Er2 on the net ?

Or maybe ... which formula should I use ?

See ... that is exactely the problem! Are those pivots correct? I have other numbers for ES (from IB) Yesterday 16-april-07 high = 1477 low = 1462.5 close = 1473.5

I like to calculate the pivot points myself. Where can I find the 'official' high/low/close of the previous day (extended market hours) for es, er2, ym ?

www.opentick.com

I am a Briefing Platinum member. Are there any other services I could use for my newsfeed? Are there newsfeeds specific for futuretraders (es, er2, ym) ?

What is your way to determine an (intraday) trend?

What is a Sma3 + 2 ? What does the +2 stand for?