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6 MNQ shorts this morning. Done for the day. The overnight action was very bearish on news that 5% of the oil supply was taken off-line. The overnight inventory was overly bearish, and in these cases we often get a pop. But once that is over, we often get a resumption of the trend. My...

Sorry to hear it. Even just one Micro can sure inflict a lot of pain with runaway markets in this Twitter- and Tariff- infested world.

OBSERVE the market open. Cumulative Delta wins again. That was a 200 point drop at the Sunday open. The opening prints are untradable, but if you had noticed that CDelta at the close on Friday you might have been able to put in orders or just traded a micro position short.

Hi Bobiz. I am adding two different versions of the same instrument together. To make it look like mine-- 1) Add the normal prices to a blank chart. I use Line On Close for this chart. Using ESZ9 for this example. 2) Add the Cumulative Delta chart to the same chart. Also Line On Close...

3rd week done. 1.3% / day average. https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/micro-e-mini-madness-2-per-day.335221/page-27#post-4925662.

While Wednesday was rough, I finished strong this week. As mentioned previously, my growth is slower than I want, but I am making progress. Once I reach $1,500 I can trade with up to 3 contracts at a time. Today had a very tight range just 1% below the all time highs. We may yet break out...

Thanks, I appreciate that. 1% per day long term would actually be pretty awesome, but I really do think I can beat that on a sustained basis. I just have to not commit account suicide by over-leveraging and stop-moving and other stupid habits that I have now raised to a beautiful art form...

Here is the composite cycle plot for the ES 30 minute chart. It shows "down" until tomorrow morning at 7 am EST, and then "up" through the 12th until 6 am EST. (Warning: only 60% accurate!) I pull this chart up just a couple times per week because it is unreliable. I use it more to keep me...

I updated my spreadsheet, and also added an 6-month expectation column based on my average % gain. I am currently at $3,600 for the 6 month projection, but I am working hard to get that up to $10,000 - and then actually hit it.

I love looking at cycles. I use them at times too. I have found them to be accurate about 60% of the time, but that is an edge worth watching. Can you explain a bit more about what the chart is showing?

I have now crossed the $100 profit mark... I made three long trades off the bottom. One on MNQ, and two on MYM. The Dow (MYM) appeared to be the stronger of the two based on % change from the previous day's close. I use the floor pivots and we were at S2 on the ES at 2958, so I felt we were...

It was probably faster than a picosecond. But just enough for an out-of-value order to be filled. Please review the context of my comment.

One day I saw a momentary 50+ tick discrepancy, and somebody was really happy on their fills. If I placed some out-of-value shorts and longs then they might occasionally get filled. Is this what you are talking about?

I watched some more. Most of the time they are the same, but at light volume times the micros are not as liquid. ym mym nq mnq I do think this will improve as the volume picks up even more. I think the volume will continue to pick up as (1) the volatility doesn't die down with the trade...

On the left is the YM. On the right is the MYM. As you can see, the spread is a bit wider on the micros.

Today it was a tight range at the top of a powerful move up from last week. I got just one trade. Fortunately, I got the direction right. (I did not trade on Friday because of wedding preparations for my daughter.) Here is a bigger picture view. This is my daily ES volume delta chart...

Here is my progress so far. I have traded the Micros for 8 days now. I started with $1006 and am up $68, for an average daily gain of .84% (not compounded). So I am at less than half of 2% goal, but I am still earning about 200% per year so far. I will continue to do my best to reach $10,000...

$285 is a good day, however you look at it! Congrats. I ended up taking just one short on MNQ. I got $5. Considering today's confusing action near all time highs, I was quite happy with the $5! The next move up could be just as powerful as the last two days, but it seems like the bulls...

LOL, I love the inclusion of "lunch!" I haven't used "time" for quite a while. It has been about 5 years now since I started using range bars. But you just reminded me of a cycles trader who used 5 minute bars quite successfully. He was able to predict the time of the next high or low about...

Well, I was the fool today. I missed the long. And apparently, there is a lot of BIG money pushing up. The internals are strong today, and it doesn't matter what I think the market should do. That's for sure! Were you able to get some today on the long side?