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Not a question of hindsight. I was correct in my morning assessment that it was a great day to be long the whole day. When in the afternoon, I switched short, I deviated from my well-laid out morning plan and that a mistake. As far as the morning trade (my initial plan was concerned) I had...

primarily trade ES. Just started looking at doing trades in other contracts like NQ, TF etc. and possibly spreads and googled this thread. Excellent way to compare multiple index futures. Thread is from 2002. Posting here for benefit of others so that this thread comes onto the main page.

Great performance, Good luck for pulling in a 12 out of 12 month winner this year !!

On further analysis, the real reason for my screwed up day was that I traded NQ instead of ES. Looking at the attachment. Swings in NQ were much more deeper compared to ES. So, everytime the position went against me, it went by a lot more in NQ compared to what it would have gone had I traded...

Emotions were in check during trading day. Now, trading day is over - just blowing off some steam. Didn't lose money but it sucked for me today.

Damn what a parabolic move towards the end. Rare. Such a poor day for me. I was so correct in going long with a large position in the morning. Had I kept that long NQ position till eod, I would have made: 2660-2633 = 27 NQ points = 27*20 = 540$ per contract I had 5 cars, would have been...

out NQ @ breakeven out ES @ 1 point profit Now, overnight short NQ @ 2649.5 will cover around 2644 and 2642

I read the middle one - good introductory stuff. Will read the other ones after market close. http://www.cmegroup.com/education/fulfillment-requests/files/Stock_Index_Futures_Spread_Trading.pdf http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/files/Stock_Index_Spreading_0410.pdf...

excellent one LF why not switch direction now and go long? we are still trading above 50%.

Movements in NQ today have been much more pronounced compared to ES in both directions. Not sure how stable is the relationship in the long run though. Can anyone point me to some online/book resource that talks about how to construct and then how to trade spreads specifically regarding...

long ES @ 1420 long NQ @ 2648

out of ES for -2 out of NQ for -9 Its interesting how NQ turn around from being a dog to a leader.

I should have waited 15 min more with my long :(( Anyways, this is a good point to short - no margin though, so I will just wait with my original short

completely out at 2639.5 Now short ES @ 1417.75 and short NQ @ 2639

if you are a fellow retail piker :), then why do you worry about CL liquidity being lower than ES? Serious question - since if you trade big (50 lots - its a different matter) but if you are trading just 1-10 lots in CL, why do you think liquidity is an issue?

nice trade LF :)

actually its a good point. the way markets retrace they hit stops on both the sides. I don't have a stop. I will reduce if it goes against me by 6 more points than now. I am going to keep this long trade till end of day, will reduce contracts at close of rth and keep the trade on for 2-3 days.

hmm....probably that explains why NQ is a dog today.

no, no offense but your stop is going to get hit.

long NQ 2633.5 average price going full leverage - all in here Either it will be a big day or a very bad day :D