ES Journal - 2019/2020

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So these micros are attracting some interest. Are the fills commensurate with the minis?

Seems like it from one day I traded them. Biggest problem is u breakeven is 2 ticks now in mes. So if you are gonna trade the micros, you need to be looking for much bigger targets. Any type of scalping is a fools errand.
 
Proportionately twice the fee of a mini.

It isn't cheap, that's for sure. But it is still 1 tick to BE (I did just do a quick look around and it does seem as though prices are all over the place). I figure if we have a little low cost entry contest some of these rich super traders could afford to play along instead of just standing by the side of the road hurling insults and pretending they know WTF they're doing. I'll start a thread June 1 - blotters only posted before the next day's RTH open - no calling trades or any of that horse$hit. We'll see how many of these trading gods can ante up to the $200 window.
 
I use gain and IB. Gain had ridiculous fees of $3.60 round trip. Didn’t try with IB yet.

But, these micros are going to be a much better option than spy and qqq. Want to swing over a couple days or weeks time ? No problem, and no wash sale issues.

I’m a futures trader. I don’t claim mark to market. But I will definitely give these a go when I’m looking for some type of bullish swing trade in the near future where I won’t lose sleep. I’ll be able to pull a b1s2.....take 100 handles of heat and still be able to sleep like a baby!
 
I'm going to assume that he was joking about the spread lol

I'm curious if the micro fills are on par with the mini. If so, maybe we could could put together a little ET blotter contest for June - put up $200 in an account with an ET sponsoring broker, post the blotter at the end of each trading day, trade anything one has margin enough to trade, and see if there is anyone among us at the end of the month who still has enough margin left to trade a micro. Kind of like survivor, but different (we already have seen that no one gets voted off of ET). I'd like to see some of these guys who are the real trading experts show me how its done.

Damn, you blew my response to Destriero. I was going to tell him: Yes, I’m spreading, but not too far apart!

I’m game for the blotter contest. But why don’t we just post a blotter on the account(s) we already have? It can be a little more anonymous that way.

Edit: The FCM’s with low account minimums are probably more expensive.
 
Damn, you blew my response to Destriero. I was going to tell him: Yes, I’m spreading, but not too far apart!

I’m game for the blotter contest. But why don’t we just post a blotter on the account(s) we already have? It can be a little more anonymous that way.

Edit: The FCM’s with low account minimums are probably more expensive.

IB looks 25% higher than AMP. I clicked on the Ninjatrader ad here but with the this tier that tier or the other tier I don’t have time for that.

Anyone can trade any account they wish. As this is something of a stunt, I’d rather keep it separate for me. I threw the idea of using ET sponsoring brokers because ET is free for traders because of the financial support of the sponsors and I like ET. Also starting it from a small stake makes it more of a real contest. Otherwise Destriero could just invest his equity in 30 day t-bills and beat us all by collecting the interest.
 
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