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How many points do you guys make per contract on a day like today?

I'm up 187 today in sim for 1 contract & all done for the day.

Is that comparable to what you guys do on this type of day..........just wondering if it's fair, good, or really good.




Here's a 10-day average of volume per each 5 minute bar I've been tracking lately if anyone is interested. I was just doing it to see if anything interesting popped out. 1 to 1:40 is the dead zone. That's good to know; chop kills.

2,244 9:00
5,093 9:05
4,272 9:10
3,541 9:15
2,958 9:20
2,675 9:25
2,469 9:30
4,032 9:35
4,314 9:40
4,946 9:45
4,840 9:50
4,578 9:55
3,606 10:00
5,956 10:05
3,897 10:10
4,183 10:15
4,371 10:20
3,423 10:25
3,082 10:30
6,534 10:35
4,767 10:40
3,338 10:45
4,431 10:50
4,340 10:55
4,021 11:00
4,339 11:05
3,941 11:10
3,262 11:15
3,265 11:20
3,245 11:25
3,758 11:30
4,250 11:35
2,807 11:40
3,615 11:45
4,711 11:50
3,181 11:55
3,286 12:00
3,509 12:05
2,889 12:10
3,518 12:15
2,995 12:20
3,263 12:25
2,208 12:30
2,523 12:35
2,581 12:40
2,169 12:45
2,914 12:50
2,593 12:55
1,693 13:00
1,979 13:05
1,974 13:10
1,595 13:15
1,107 13:20
1,976 13:25
1,638 13:30
1,786 13:35
1,788 13:40
2,730 13:45
3,024 13:50
3,070 13:55
2,814 14:00
2,559 14:05
2,805 14:10
3,323 14:15
3,986 14:20
4,641 14:25
8,696 14:30
 
Quote from macattack:

How many points do you guys make per contract on a day like today?

I'm up 187 today in sim for 1 contract & all done for the day.

Is that comparable to what you guys do on this type of day..........just wondering if it's fair, good, or really good.
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Sounds great to me. I'm up 175 ticks today but haven't been trading all day and I did trade 3 contract earlier for the biggest part of that profit.
 
Quote from macattack:

I'm up 187 today in sim for 1 contract & all done for the day.
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Sounds great to me. I actually wound up down on the day. That many on one contract is actually fantastic. Where was the bulk of that made mac, or was it spread pretty evenly? EDIT: and, how many trades did you take?
 
Quote from JoshDance:

Ok guys, I posted this earlier today. How much easier the day would have been had I simply left that trade on and walked away (though it was a sim trade). My premise was correct, I would have avoided the chop, and been a happy camper.

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3266291#post3266291

Not only was I wrong about this being weak, but it was a full 100% measured move, with no pullback to the breakout point even.
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Isn't that the way it is most days? This is one of the reasons I've let trades run more lately. Hard to trade the volatility. Of course in letting trades go against you you're taking on much more risk. It can be and is hard to trade this. The market is soooooo charged.
 
Quote from BCE:

Sounds great to me. I'm up 175 ticks today but haven't been trading all day and I did trade 3 contract earlier for the biggest part of that profit.
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Well at least I can keep up with you for 1 day............with fake money. :)

I'll try this live once I can go an entire week following my plan & trading with discipline.

I have this gambling mentality or lack of discipline or brain fog or whatever you want to call it that just creeps up every few days. I have to get over that; then I'm good to go. I've just about conquered it.
 
Quote from JoshDance:

Sounds great to me. I actually wound up down on the day. That many on one contract is actually fantastic. Where was the bulk of that made mac, or was it spread pretty evenly?
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I traded from 10:09 to 2:05. I guess it was spread pretty evenly.

Caught 50 ticks on my last trade buying at 1:58 & selling at 2:05.

Got 30 ticks buying at 1:41 & selling at 1:48.

Got 41 ticks shorting at 10:43 & covering at 10:45.
(missed a big drop on that one)

Nothing else really stands out.
 
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