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Is this guy for real? My favorite line is "I must join a fight club." Getting your head kicked in after having no sleep is probably not the best trading strategy. However, this post made me laugh for a good 10 minutes.:)

You may see one or two prints a day at a single price over 150 in the YM but thats about it. Yes there are prints of 150 and up but they will get filled at several different prices due to slippage or lack of liquidity.

The limit size for those index's are 999. However you rarely see any prints greater then 150 in the YM and ER2. The NQ has more liquidity and 100 lots can be traded pretty easily with no slippage unless there is an economic # or FOMC.

I was wondering at what lot size did people seem to start having difficulty getting consistant fills with and only getting partials. For example a 10 lot may get completely filled 95% of the time and a 30 lot may get completely filled 85% of the time. DO you also find it easier to get...

I am 27, I have been trading for almost 1 year come January. I scalp and swing trade the mini dow YM and the mini Crude QM an occasionally the mini gold YG contracts. I was in sales for a manufacturing company for 5 years after college and this is the first time in my life I have enjoyed my job.

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What is your most consistent trade setup? I would have to say that buying/selling the pullback on the first breakout of momentum/price highs for the day is my most successfully trade. Over the last 12 months this trade has been successful almost 85% of the time.

I have been trading live for 7 months now. I primarily trade the YM and have started to become more consistant. When I started I lost money 4-5 days a week for the first three months. I have started trading 2-3 lotts now and I am able to make money 4-5 days per week without having any major...

Well, things have been going ok. I am still learning and see improvement every day. I have changed markets that seem to fit my personality a little better. I am now trading 2 lots in the Dow YM and I love the volatility it possesses. I am no longer a scalper and have changed my strategy to...

10 ticks is only my stop loss. I am looking to pick up atleast 20 ticks from each trade. Can you explain the "rule of 20" and "20 point batch morves." I have tryed doing a search and have not been able to find anything that explains them. Thanks, B.

Thanks alot for all the feedback. I will test out a 10 tick stop on the sim and we will see how that goes . One thing I feel I am good at is following my stops and my rules. The one thing I need to work on is when to take my profits. I will often allow 10 tick winners to retrace to my point...

I am a newb to the Dow only been trading it for a few months. I have just recently started trading 2 lots. Today was an interesting day. I have been attempting to use a much wider stop than I have been in the past (20 ticks). Well, after my first trade I was down $200 since I was stopped...

I have been trading the Dow now for about 6 weeks. I have been fairly successfull but have not really developed a trading strategy. How many ticks are you looking to make per trade and how wide of a stop do you use.

This seems to be a good start but is there an easier way to enter the data by price and total $ that will automaticly add the $ value together instead of manualy adding up the ticks and then adding them to the previous totals. I would like to be able to enter the time and then the actual profit...

Does anyone hane any other opinions useing such a large stop out mark. Please let me know if you have any disagreements with my statement. I feel as if 10 ticks is a wide enough stop loss. It seems that once it crossed this boundry the market seems to have already turned directions and will...

I have been trying to use a 20 tick stop and I feel that once it gets passed 10-15 ticks the market has generaly turned directions by this point and will press beyound 20 ticss and not turn in my favor. I would be interested to hear what others use as a strategy for their exits. I have now...

I was wondering if anyone had a Excel formula that allowed you to make a line chart of your P&L. What I am looking for it to do is put the time on the X axis (8:00, 8:30, 9:00, ext.) and a dollar figure on the Y axis ( $0.00, $100, $200, ext.) If anyone has software like this or know where to...

Can others elaborate on their trade execution and where they place there stops. What indicators are you looking for when preparing to enter a trade.

I am a Emini Dow trader and I usually hold my winners for atl east 20 or more ticks. My question is how much breathing room do you give the dow when entering a trade before you will take a loss. I am currently using a 5-7 tick stop when entering my trades. Does anyone have a different method.

Today I had a pretty good day. This is my fifth day in a row with being up 4 or more ticks. I had 13 trades and only one, 1 tick looser. I am looking forward to trading two lots in the near future. Are there any scalpers out their that can give me any advise with developing a strategy...