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I had no problem waiting for a few days for profits to materialize, but I think this scalping could be a more profitable strategy for me long-term. What I bring to the table that many traders cannot is a large bank account. That way, I can make a small relative percentage of my account and...

Thanks for no advice under the guise of being "too advanced" while providing no proof of anything you do. Awesome metaphors though!

Your questions make me believe you don't even understand what I'm trying to do. Not to mention the fact that a 30-minute chart is irrelevant to me.

Wouldn't it be easier to show where I couldn't have bought? I could have bought anywhere other than a few spots that didn't get a profit in 30 minutes. That says nothing about whether it could have made a profit in 60 or 90 minutes, or even 12 or 24 hours.

I already know my exit on the "P" side. That's why I need backtesting software to play with several variables to find out the best spot to put the "L". I have to put it somewhere unfortunately.

This is only 30 minutes and you see I would have made a profit at nearly every entry point.

Can you say this more plainly please?

I couldn't possibly test that without backtesting software.

No. By finding an appropriate SL. You must not have understood the post.

Few will understand your post written in plain English? That's actually what I've been doing so far.

The purpose of the post and all the backtesting, etc. is to find how to lose in the most mathematically/statistically correct way possible.

You mean in the 1% of times that my SL is hit, rather than just close for a huge loss, I should close and then immediately enter the opposite trade?

I admit to everyone that scalping is boring. I entered long 5 contracts a while ago at 3849.75. instead of doing my scalping strategy, I put TP at 3860 and won for profit of $2562.50. It must have just barely hit it because it doesn't even show 3860 on the 5-minute chart before plummeting to...

Hope? Everything I'm saying is based on probability and math. Did you even read it?

Thanks for posing a problem without a solution. And with a SL, there is a set risk. What's your credentials?

I know that's the flaw. That was the point of my original post. Actually with a 1:20 win:loss ratio, I would break even at 20/21=95.2%. I'm looking for how to adjust this so that I win most often. And perhaps throw in a few other indicators that increase my chances, as well as a qualitative...

I would love to only enter the trade when technicals say so. What would be the indicator that tells me momentum? (I realize I should like a novice here, but I'm more just rusty on the terminology of technical indicators. I'm actually very good at math so I would love to use them here). Btw, I...

My strategy doesn't have a defined loss yet, as was mentioned in my post. So far I just hold until I win. I would think having a 2 point: 1 point win:loss ratio would result in a lot of losses based on random market noise. On my wins over the past few days, I've been down as much as 12 points...

This is the reason I'm searching for a backtesting program as mentioned in https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/index-futures-back-testing.370606/ (Mods, feel free to combine these 2 posts if you want) Here's my story trading S&P500 Futures since the end of August. I was doing really well...

Is there any software that allows for backtesting if index futures? And any good platforms for algo trading index futures? I've only ever seen it for Forex.