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Cool. So basically more efficient. I'm liking it. What about the full size index futures, whatever they are called? Should I leave them alone, with my smallish account, and stick with mini and micro?

What is the difference between trading 10 contracts MNQ, and one contract NQ? Apart from being able to scale in or out, of course. Is there any advantage to the regular Eminis, vs the Micro version?

The morning didn't look so good. Tried a quick scalp and lost $68. That was my only day trade and now I am down to zero. Switched to the micro futures, didn't see a good entry until well into the afternoon. Actually I saw a couple of bad ones that looked like good ones that put me down $900 but...

Big downward move in the NASDAQ. Got faked out by a false buy signal on TQQQ but stopped out with only a $37 loss. Went at it again after the true reversal and ended up +$168 for the day. I should have been watching TSLA. I would have made twice as much, at least. Not holding anything over the...

Longside scalping in a general downward trend is kinda like Charlie Brown trying over and over to kick the football. The little bottom reversal doji down on the lower Bollinger line and then that first green candle are like Lucy, smiling sweetly, assuring Charlie Brown that THIS time, she is...

Thanks to everyone who recommended the micro eminis. I tried paper trading it this morning, wasn't getting live data. Then I went live, and I wasn't getting ANY data. I traded anyway, hopping back and forth between TradingView chart and TWS ordering, lost a little. Later in the day I had data! I...

Hmmm... reminds me of a sorta sick joke about a conversation between Loreena Bobbit and Jeffrey Dahmer. But I won't repeat it here.

There is sort of a running joke in the straight shaving community regarding a type of razor called a "weinerschaber" which is actually meant for trimming moustaches but the name sounds in English like something else with an even more specialized purpose. It has been many years since I have...

There are guys who shave their head with a straight, but a DE razor is more commonly used for some reason.

HAHAHAHA I wish I had filled the boat in April with TQQQ! I would be sitting fat dumb and happy right now! It was a friggin escalator!

I been shaving with a straight razor since long before it became cool. Lately there has been a lot of media exposure and straight shaving seems to be trending. Here's a vid I just did this afternoon.

I never liked Fosters. I never wanted to admit it. Then I found out most Australians don't care for it, either and I felt a lot better. The cans are badass, though.

Unrealistic? Totally. At least initially. Your initial goal should be zero. Start by paper trading. Most brokerages will set you up a paper trading account, where you can trade with live data and imaginary money and practice first of all your ONE OR TWO initial strategies, no more, and second to...

A guru who is a retired teacher and simply enjoys teaching, but has achieved real success in trading since retirement and takes genuine pleasure in sharing knowledge and improving noobs' skill sets. There are too many wannabe prima donna maestros who are all about their ego, and too many...

Mine is level 1 only, I think.

So thanks, all who replied. I now have live market data on MNQ playing in TWS, and also on TradingView. One trick on TradingView... if you have it connected to Alpaca, you have to unselect the option to only show instruments that are tradeable on Alpaca. They don't have futures. When I found...

https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/what-data-subscription-do-i-need-for-trading-micro-e-mini-futures.349938/ @harami pointed it out to me. Really hard to find.

I have always loved Pollo Loco! I was really glad to see that they have broke into the US market. I watched for Pollo Loco driving through Mexico like I watch for Whataburger driving through Texas. Then, when I accidentally ran across a Whataburger in Gonzales, only 54 miles away from the house...

You can also switch to an offline version if you don't mind doing manual updates. Well, I know you can in Linux anyway.

AMC is looking good for a buy coming out of the dip, yeah. I can't trade it today, no day trades, or I would pick up a few hundred at the bottom reversal. Which could be in the next few minutes. Big opening selloff at the bell. My WAG is it will try the $6.50 level and end the day just a bit...