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The e-minis tracks the S&P500 so it does track equities. Over the long run the ES is NOT more range bound than single stocks. In fact, it has one of the stongest trends! However, short squeezes are more common on small caps stocks with small floats.

Then why don't you recommend that folks trade extra-day? The number one reason traders fail is 1) bad RISK AND MONEY MANAGEMENT. It's either too tight or too lose. Either way this is the number one reason. If you don't bet the farm and follow the 2% rule, there is little that can go...

No that would be long&stiff. :D

... and some ass. :D

We don't have enough!

If your job as a trader matters to you at all, sign the petition! http://www.rallycongress.com/no2tradertax/1536/tell-congres-to-block-trader-tax/

You could have saved the speech and simply stated that THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT! :D

Think about this. S&P simply cuts any company it deems as junk (and they are mostly right) from the index and replaces it with another healthier company. This past week they replaced ARM with PNRA. ARM is now trading at around .60. This means that the S&P 500 cannot be a good long term gauge...

Done!

How is one example a gauge of the general market? There were businesses that thrived during the depression, so what? Where you lobotomized at birth?

Indeed!

Would this only apply to Stock, or forex and index futures as well?

LOL. Good one. :)

This idiot is getting so annoying it isn't funny anymore. Please join the anti-Stock_trad3r effort!

LMFAO! :D :D :D :D :D

Is there one? Or can one scale as much as the market depth will allow?

:)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commitments_of_Traders

You mean what did I get the chart from? timingcharts.com

Large traders are long, retail is short. Enough said. Large hasn't crossed over retail in a long time (look at the chart!)