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Tried to go long on ENQ. It moved higher on the report and honestly, I am always a bit afraid because these pushes might turn around often. Got long but changed my position to short. Only a small gain of $255. I chickened out too early.

Short trade in CL but it hasn't worked out. Out at b/e. +$60

https://www.cmegroup.com/education/courses/understanding-futures-spreads.html BTW: Any "beginner" should visit the CMEGROUP web page and look at there free material. Very often much better then the ones you can buy from education web sites.

I will just start posting my trades with a few comments. Will work mainly with screen shots, this way I don't have to write so much. Little short trade in EU6 (very early, I normally don't trade this time). +$750

This is the only spread I am in at the moment.

My current results. You will notice, that I wasn't very active in 2021 with the spreads. But I want to get more active again this years.

After 20 years in the trading and trading education business, I have almost seen it all. Unfortunately, most of what I have seen regarding seminars, courses, books, chat rooms, trading rooms, etc. fall under the category "crap". My motivation for this Thread is as follows: - I want to...

After 20 years in the trading and trading education business, I have almost seen it all. Unfortunately, most of what I have seen regarding seminars, courses, books, chat rooms, trading rooms, etc. fall under the category "crap". My motivation for this Thread is as follows: - I want to...

Trading US Futures

Sorry, too much to do. I don't find the time for any posts. Andy

There wasn't much going on in this tread. I will try to get more active with some trade recommendations or other interesting stuff. Happy trading, Andy

Trade Management Matters In spread or position trading, I am convinced that trading success comes from how you manage the trade rather then your entry strategy. This is the nature of long-term trading. As the time frame of our trades becomes longer, the importance of the entry becomes less...

Electronic Spread Trading Markets have changed quite dramatically in the last 12 months. Almost all markets are now trading at an electronic exchange such as Globex. In today’s short article I do not want to talk about the changes regarding the trade management; I want to focus on the...

Traders Question: "Andy, in one of the Spread Scan issues I read that spread traders have a much higher success rate than do day traders. How come? Any explanation why?" Answer: "Even if I do not want to generalize the following for each trader, there are some "general problems" in day...

Happy New Year Walt! 20 R means, if you are willing to risk about $2,000 on each trade, you would have made around $40k. That's almost the same you are saying, just based on a single trade and not based on how much you are risking per month. I am trading both, trends and also possible...

Hi Walt, the return always depend on the risk you are willing to take on each trade The result was about 20 R (20 times the risk) in 2008. The last few month have been difficult and I reduced my trading a lot, avoiding inter-market spreads and outright trades. Merry Christmas to all...

Question: "Andy, I have done some day trading and want to start with spread trading now. Can I use my online broker, or would you recommend my moving my account to another broker?" Answer: While day trading depends mostly on speed and low commissions, spread or position trading has other...

If anyone needs some free Spread Trading PDF's, please let me know via email: andy@jordan-trading.com The PDF's are very basic but at least you can get an idea about spreads. Happy trading, Andy Jordan

Question: Andy, what do you think have been the most important changes in the markets in the last few years? Answer: As you might have noticed, you can now trade almost all products in the electronic markets. You can trade the Grains at the ECBOT, the Softs at the ICE, and so on. BUT you...

Nowadays with all the volatility you will easily find some spreads for day trading. Slippage can be a problem of course because of the missing liquidity. I have never been much into day trading spreads. I think the most money can be made with swing or position trades. Seasonality of...