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sorry for the delay - I was out for a while... @DT-waw :-) I held the futures seldom longer than 1 hour... how do you avoid large losses in between the 30min-bars? @nkhoi and @x-or yes, I will do that. Do you think 10 points would be okay as a max. loss? @tbonds I tried a mixture of...

@DT-waw What stops would you use in swing-trading the DAX or ESTX? And why would you use 30min charts? At the moment I use 15 sec. tick-by-tick charts in because I did want to have all the info available. I often held positions for only 2-10 minutes. Thank you that you come to the aid of...

@DT-waw Thank you ... that is the way I do it now - 3-4 rt per day. You told me that you would try to trade the DX for some more time... how long? - that means what additonal loss you be willing to accept? Is the stoxx very different in its "character" from the DAX or just... slower?

@hector this sounds really good - I had a look on the Eurex website. BUt if I got it right this contract is extremely illiquid. Eurex statistics on Future on DAX EX (EXSF) When I traded options / small cap stocks, this really was a problem for me because I had to catch very big movements...

you could try the (stock) exchange directly. They often have something like an information/statistical department (I tried it in Germany for the DAX). I am quite sure they can sell you the data you want if it is not available on the website.

hey, that is really cool that there are so many people helping me ...and I thought the market would be "unfriendly" ;-) @EricP At the moment I trade 3-4 rt per day - at the beginning I did an average of 20-30 roundturns per day... do you think I have to cut this down any more? You are...

@funky I think this is exactly the problem: I have no real b/w system... but how can I find a profitable one without risking money? My paper trades were quite good - the problem occurs when there is real money involved... how much do you risk while your system is evolving/improving...

@ fast_trader I am trading 1 futures contract (DAX, Germany), 25 EUR/point. underlying: Open: 3567 High: 3593 Low: 3537 Close: 3585? future: Open: 3595 High: 3606 Low: 3547 Close: ? @ BuddhaTop What trading or account size would be appropriate? @ T-Rex I will work...

start of quote In my experience, setting long term objectives, whether percentage or dollar, is horribly counterproductive. .... I have found that for myself, if I am consistently profitable, and use sound risk management, the profits take care of themselves, and I don't worry about...

I trade since 3 months futures (part-time) and did a lousy job. I got my 25k account down to 18k moving constantly downwards. The margin is not the problem (ca. 6k/future) at the moment, the volatility is (sometimes I am up 700, sometimes down, 250 are a matter of minutes, sometimes seconds)...