1NQ 50pt vs 10NQ 5pt which is more favorable?

[Pica550]

Here is a NQ 1 minute chart covering a little over an hour from yesterday afternoon with ZigZag set to 5 points. Plenty of 5 point swings available. I've boxed in a trend move followed by a choppy range to show that it is easy to get 5+ points in a trend. Not so easy in chop.

But the only testing worth anything, besides the best way - money on the line, is to use tick data. Tooooo many assumptions are made using even minutes bars. Prolly the same for 15, 30 second bars and fahgetabout completely higher time levels.

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Yea I remember this I was trading this on the 500tick chart

 

[Sir.Dc]

Well if you have 1NQ and look for a 50 point move, you will be able to accept a lower stop loss to see your plan come to fruition.
On the other hand, if you have 10NQ your stop will be much tighter and you will not be able to risk changing it (maybe you get in, there is a pullback and u get stopped out, market goes a few ticks down and then goes back to your entry and then touches your take profit, but your trade would not be active because you already got stopped out) if this happens it will also affect you psychologically (seeing how the market touches your stop but then shoots to your profit target will definitely have a psychological effect which might push you to take more risk on your next trade.
This of course depends on your account size, your risk tolerance and risk management.

Personally, if I see a quick aggressive move coming I will consider taking on the risk of 10 contracts for a 5 point move