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Of course! ES, NQ, FTSE or DAX etc.

Mark Cook said trading bonds futures is easier for beginners than the index. Does anyone have the same (or opposite) feeling? Did anyone switch from index to bonds or vice versa?

How many times had you wiped out before you made it?

Is oscialltors divergence also valid in 1min charts?

Where can I find more info about the bonds (not the bonds futures)? Do the bonds start trading from 7:20 (CT)? Thank for any help.

I have the same feeling YM has great trends that somewhat easier to catch than NQ or ES. I cannot think the reasons but it seems to be true. If the liquidity of YM was on par with NQ or ES then I would forget the later two. It seems stop order is a must for trading YM, doesn't it?

I saw a lot of systems that gave you win/loss ratio about 4:6. Although they were quite profitable, for a newbie, the psychological impact of watching so many losses was quite big. Is it better for a newbie to use a system with high win/loss ratio first?

I read the records of his systems, some of them have win/loss ratio of 3:7. It seems you need to face lots of losses. But their performances are very good. Some of them are listed in the top ten in Futurestruth. Did anyone try to use them in real world trading?

Yes. I am also thinking about this. Driving or flying, you cannot control the risk. So they are even more dangerous than trading. But I don't know why I can get in the car or plane without any problem, even I saw many accidents that killed people. Lossing money is actually better than lossing life!

How could you make profit with 37%? Is you reward/risk ratio very big?

I experienced 8 consecutive losses last year that nearly destroyed my confidence. Actually, I lose only about 6% of my capital. But I could not put on more trades. I was 'frozen'. I refined my system and papertrade it. It seems OK now. But I really want to know how could those traders withstand...

Some traders said their systems only have 40% winning trades and still making money. I really want to know how they withstand the lossing period. I am serious!:p

I can cut loss or cover a position easily. But I cannot put on a trade. I feel my subconscious doesn't want to take responsbility. Because when I cut loss or cover a position, I am going to finish a trade i.e. I don't have responsibility anymore. So I feel good. But when I enter a trade, I am...

Actually, I moved from stocks to futures and fom position trade to day trade. I am sure holding a position overnight isn't for me. I like a market that is smoother and liquid. I feel TNotes/TBonds are not as choppy as other markets, although I can't prove it.

Yes. Ego is hard to handle. I hope I was a Robot! Then it is easy to trade.:cool:

Many books only teach you not to do something e.g. don't overtrade, don't take big risk, don't listen to rumors, ... But they seldom tell you how to DO something. It is understanable. There are too many people get wiped out by making those mistakes. There are few traders get wiped out by not...

A fully automatic trading system can do the same job for a trader. But this could rise another problem: could you withstand form interfering the system? Especially when it has a big drawdown.

I was thinking about it before. But I am trading at home and I don't want to find a job in the institutes. I also dislike other people distract me when I am watching the screens. I did papertrade before and found my system was really good. I had many consecuctive winning trades. I could put...

I did an analysis of myself. I found the following: Afraid of lossing: I was once nearly wiped out in the Forex market many years ago. self-esteem: Don't want to respond for what I do if the trade goes wrong. Only want to respond for the winning trades. :D I view making a wrong trade...