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yeah, because it would really suck to be those traders mired in the middle of your definition for success. I mean, someone making $60k to $200k annual probably ain't trading huge size. guess they might as well go out there in today's work force and get themselves a real nice j.o.b...

where's your blotter? that's right... you've never posted one here in your life. hope this thread gets your desired four-star rating from the anonymous masses here... did what I could to help you along ciao

every day :cool:

now you see in hindsight there was more potential to be had I'm content with five birds in hand versus x-left in the bush

aww shucks [blushing]... you're just saying that 'cause it's true! lololol seriously, this is not my type of day. the mean-reversion gang should have loved this one. ES tape couldn't find a straight swing with GPS and compass. nothing but v-turns and abrupt program slams just another day

+5.25pt ES and done hours ago. just another day on the job bot-banging sideways special on the menu today... nothing available to big-time. maybe tomorrow :)

I've said the same general thing for several years now. imo the "best" way to trade for max overall gains is hunt the trend sessions, swinging for bigger directional profits. and that remains my personal favorite way to manage trades... hold for gold. but... and this is a very big BUT...

Developing traders always fixate on max number of points or dollars per contract. They strive towards maximizing more and greater returns over time, usually reaching what veterans know to be ridiculous levels or projection. Why is that? Because developing traders cannot see past trading one...

Oh I agree with that... and me too at times as you note. But we're also talking about the concept of taking let's say $5,000 trading one ES contract and doubling that each week... 52 times per year. Any way you want to slice & dice the analysis performance of that, doesn't it seem a bit on...

Contract worth is irrelevant to annual returns. Someone with $2,000 in an account, someone else with $5,000 in an account or a third person with $100,000 in an account that makes an annual profit of $260,000 annual ($5,000 x 52 weeks) with the numbers bandied about are all making returns on...

Well, the reality is my being a site sponsor here had little to do with drumming up business. First of all, this is an environment not conducive to that. Talked about that enough before, no need to belabor the dead horse. Secondly, the people who got rich from the gold rush, found gold. The...

in my time I've had several trading sessions of +40pts and +50pt ES booked. Intraday, between the bells. so yes, anyone can make what you purport in a given week. but week over week, thru all market conditions it is flat-out impossible to sustain. why do you think all of the veteran traders...

well, here's an explanation of the "big deal", so to speak regardless how many turns you average per day and/or pts targeted for profit, a couple of things remain constant. over the course of time, your win-rate will be something between 50% and near 60% if you are really skilled and...

regardless of what drawdowns = squeezes you purport to suffer thru... bottom line is you purport to make +60pts to +100pts ES weekly above all else. for the record, that would make you hands down the very best ES trader in the world. I have friends who specialize in ES that push 100 - 200 ES...

none who believe for a fraction of one second that anyone can make +400 index points ES monthly. but that's the problem with public message boards in general. anyone can post anything that comes to mind, and it all gets weighed together at face value by too many aspiring traders that don't...

you purportedly make +60pts to +100pts per week, per ES contract... and you're nervous about trading two contracts at a time?

Emini intraday traders working with $4,000 per contract margin or (-80 ES index points risk per trade) using -$100 per trade initial stops had nothing to worry about on May 6th. Longs into the drop were stopped out with reasonable slippage at best... no big deal. Just another random trade in...

Trading signal? Who labeled it that? I specifically noted in the premarket and early going... AND the night before that a fundamental scenario exists where late-day selling in surge fashion can be expected... so head's up on trading that movement if you see it start to unfold. I'm off to...

Who's trying to be right in this thread? No one I see. In any other message board forum I visit unrelated to trading and stupid ego trips, someone asks a question seeking information and any/all replies trying to provide information are appreciated and thanked for the effort expended...

well let's see. you started a thread asking if any index traders could explain what happened at the close. I replied with an explanation. I also posted that patterned behavior expectation last night, and months-end prior in the blog and videos for posterity. so either I trumped all that...