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10-20 contracts has always been my max but I never keep $100k in a futures account even though I can trade with much more. $5,000 / 1 contract trading swings (6 points or more on ES) without stops is a healthy amount. If you are scalping, you get get down to $1500 / contract with a high win...

I don't know if any of you do this for a living, and actually make money but I want to make a comment. I regularly chat with a group of guys that also trade ES. Been doing so for years. All of them average down within certain market conditions. Reasoning: You can be correct about...

Gotta love these cyclical ET posts where the OPs experience means nobody else can do it. If he was only in my shoes and seen how many thousands of hours I spent studying and additional thousands spent testing strategies to get to where I am today including any other trader that treats it like...

have you even read the initial thread before attacking the guy ? No of course not. He's not exactly killing it. He's been pretty honest through the whole thing.

LOL. You are a complete retard is what you are. ET never fails to disappoint. I swear there's some hidden gems on this forum filled with great info, then there's idiots like this. But they are are the ones that fuel the entertainment part of the forum LOL.

Because everybody is a single 22 year old living in moms basement. Ask the trader living in San Francisco with 2 kids and an $800k mortgage how great of a living trading a 2 lot is going to get him. Don't forget to save for retirement. Don't forget health care costs.

I don't think its possible to be profitable with a fixed $100 / contract stop on the regular emini's but feel free to prove me wrong !! I can't tell you how many times I've gotten the price structure correct but the timing just a tad off. I'll be 3 or 4 ES points in the hole, but trade still...

I've found that if I have many distractions or if I find myself struggling to require "100% focus", I just stop scalping all together. Scalping to me means trading off the 1 min charts. I'll choose a higher TF chart. Watching every minute bar complete for anything more than about 45 mins to...

#4 edge is not good enough. Your margins are just too razor thin with the volatility in the US markets this year. I don't know what your method is, but $7 / contract makes me worried. I understand you are automating, but have you considered trading manually ? If you have skill, there's...

I like to buy on the way up, and short on the way down. Not vice versa. So not interested in shorting.

Is that a cryptic way of you talking probabilities ? B/c if we are talking probabilities, then saying "make sure you have a good reason for taking a trade" cannot be quantified and thus the statement "in the long run it will work out" is false. Many traders have thought they had a good...

I do not operate based on daily targets, but I'll almost always walk away when I'm up around $3k. This number is usually hit when the opening hour provides a fairly obviouis mean reversion strategy or we have a strong trend day or b/o right at the open. Scalp for base hits in the opening hour...

Howard, I've been trading the emini's full time for a decade. But I also would never want to be fully reliant on it as my sole source of income. Between rental properties, dividend income, and a small landscaping business where I'm really just mowing a few peoples lawns per week, I keep busy...

Shouldn't be impossible for the skilled trader. 2% on a $1000 account trading micro ES is 4 points per day on one contract. Trading all day with this years volatility is pretty easy to accomplish.

You had me at tea leaves. Only $3k / year ? What a steal! I'd prefer to give you my life savings instead and just get it over with quickly :)

OH REALLY ? This post from early 2018 shows that you didnt' call jack sh#t b/c you didnt have any data from it. Whats the point in lying ?

Whats your trading style ? I take it you primarily trade stocks ?

no, i'm just someone that doesn't whine and complain on internet forums when they see something on the internet that they disagree with. You, on the otherhand......

Stop watching trading videos on youtube. When u search w/ google, log off your gmail account. Should solve all your problems. Let these guys be. Unless its illegal, mind your business. Let them make their money selling their services. Everybody needs to put bread on the table. This is...

LOL