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I'm trying to listen to those that have done.. and hear about everyone's experience.

ew tab oct 20 is for trades placed since 430pm Eastern time.

I posted it on google docs so that those that Excel wouldn't cooperate with can view https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvKqwBU0rsIsdFJZa3lZdkdLYklMcXBFeFg1N1pSeVE&hl=en_US

Well one contract traded hundreds of times. I want more affirmation thru testing... I've been trading options for years, futures are new to me. And I'm obviously looking for external affirmation :p

One contract.. sometimes I double down depending on strength. I have the most success with single contracts

Yes. Sometimes I come in early and close it.. or sometimes I pull it back a bit.. my MAE should be about 4 times my potential profit, on a per trade basis. My initial risk is about 2x my take profit number. its not particularly momentum based. but that is always a factor.

I believe it is. It sometimes takes a minute or two to get a fuill during times of day like right now. I know my profit margins are razor thin, and if you see those profits are calculated after trade costs.

I've been trading since I was 14, first job was an options market makers assistant at PSE in SF.. i saw some crazy numbers in my teens... I know its possible, sometimes when you do it yourself it feels surreal. Thank you for your encouragement

i cant.. unfortunately i just tried and the formulas wont work... but there is a utility i have on my 03 computer that does it.. google it. I have updated todays results.. i had a huge streak tonight

I dont want unrealistic expectation, but it seems like my system is nearly unrealistic in its output?

Lucias, thank you for the advice.

Well... the testing continues for at least 60 days... At that point I'll put the money where my account is... My Risk ranges between 50-100 a trade, manually entered.. no algorithm, OCO placed with 2-4 tick takes, and 4-8 stops.

its not BS... I'm doing it day in and out for the last 3 weeks, worst day was the 17th (see spreadsheet)... i started logging last week... These are simulated trades

Wouldn't putting in OCO brackets and trading with limit orders and not market negate slippage?

well i have had pretty decent success...

office 2007 These are simulated trades ran off of of global futures simulation platform real fills, trade times, etc

http://www.jmhunter.info/eslogtab.xlsx It just seems surreal to get $800 avg a day off a $5,000 inital capital account

-- risk to reward ratio

http://www.iitm.com/sm-Expectancy.htm That is tharps def of it. I am using it to evaluate my risk, adjust my stops, and understand what I should expect from my system

i figured it out.. changed to =AVERAGE( instead of =SUM