Am I doing something wrong? Making money can't be this easy...

[tycoonman]

Quote from julian0625:

This is exactly why a Demo account is not realistic.

Although price did touch 1330, it touched it on the offer, so there is no guaruntee on a real account that you would have been filled short there.

yah it got filled right away, but it still hit 1330.25, I think.



Hey, quick questions for you guys...do you change the profit margin if you think that you wont get the spread(correct term here, right?), because it started to trend the other way? So you take $100 profit insted of the $150 you had anticipated for that position? If so, what is you methodology behind exiting early or staying?

 

[Laissez Faire]

I would add that the fills I get when demo trading the ES seems to be pretty realistic.

Better to expect worse execution though.

 

[tycoonman]

womp womp...market closing...probably gonna go the other way now. Oh well, worth a shot.

may exit with the $75 profit if it starts to go the other way

 

[galvinlee888]

Quote from tycoonman:

1330 just hit in a flash wow

Trigger someone's stop loss

 

[tycoonman]

Quote from galvinlee888:

Trigger someone's stop loss

lol ya could be

 

[tycoonman]

thank god its spring break, this stuff is addicting...how do you guys get other MORE important stuff done?

 

[Laissez Faire]

Quote from tycoonman:

thank god its spring break, this stuff is addicting...how do you guys get other MORE important stuff done?

We don`t

 

[tycoonman]

Quote from Laissez Faire:

We don`t

lol


i exited the market at 1328.50 for +$62.50.

gonna set up a long at 1328.00 and exit at 1331.00 with hard stop at 1326.00, and get a chipotle burrito!

 

[NoDoji]

Quote from Laissez Faire:

The real test will be when you go live and actually lose money for the first time. It is not even comparable to demo trading.

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=218402