I daytrade Emini Russel, Nasqaq, Dow, 10 yr notes, 30yr bonds, EuroFx sometimes Crude oil and few other futures. In addition to that I swing trade at times too. Mostly daytrading with a lil bit of swing trading and thats all about it. Unfortunately i only have 2 set of eyes and a pair of arms
As we are talking about daytrading purely here, I prefer markets with high ranges, and trends real good with loads of pullbacks (think everyone looks for that kind of qualities anyway). Therefore, Russel, 30Yr Bonds, 10 yr note, EuroFx and ES makes up my key arsenal for day trading. I sometimes trade Dow and NQ and few other futures but thats only when my trading plan says that they are moving. Mostly both of them are dull markets and I avoid them unless i see something really good.
What to expect :
(Russel, 30Yr Bonds, 10 yr note, EuroFx/BP/JY and ES )
1- Around 4-6 trades on average daily for every fast paced markets (Russel, bonds, notes EuroFx etc).
2- Risking not more then $100 for every contract traded per trade on all the markets(most of the time its $70-80).
3- On average targets of $100-200 for every contract traded per trade. For dax its different
4- If I am a good trader, I want to take home around $200 per contract atleast, so you can say thats my daily goal. Now I am not going to tell u how many contracts i trade, but i hope u gona get the idea.
5- So on average (based on my last 6 month statements), I am doing 10-15 Russel points a week or more or 100-200 EuroFx ticks and likewise.
6- last but not least, u should always expect and prepare, that, U are going to have many losing days and you are going to lose in any given trade. Thatâs very important. New traders fail to realize that. For them, Physiologically, trading should be ALL WIN situation. We all know its not
7- With 70-75% of winning rate, we definitely gonna make some money here
Little about my approach:
I have invested around 0.5 million on the bogus crap, trying new things, building new strategies, losing in markets, and everything u call as stupid to learn what I have now. It may seems, luck has been hard on me, I have seen in my life some nitemaring sort of situation, going from homeless to even begging for money from friends and relatives, but, it just goes like, Higher the risk Higher are the returns too! My life has always been like that, and the position I am right now at, is not because its a miracle, its just that only I and just I have made it happen. The only miracle maybe in it was 'I was consistent' in making it happen.
So anyway, I am a trend follower, I never ever counter trend the trade. I also believe in Fib levels to some extent and they are the part of my system. I am a firm believer of market price action and i think that the only way for making consistent money is to follow the price action. To follow what BIG BUDDIES are doing, and run along with them. I dont want any fancy indicators, I dont want all the bla di blasss, all i want is a price on my chart to see a trend and follow the elephants!
Thats all i do, and thats my trading secret, the ONLy if any!
