Learning to Trade Emini Futures. Please Help

maxinger said:
This is strange ....

you opened a Roth IRA about two years ago with $6500 and have slowly built it into about $60,000.
That is very good! you already got the holy grail so why change your holy grail to make it unholy grail?
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We are making a lot of assumptions without seeing his account. Maybe what happened is not something that can be replicated daily. Maybe he was long a take over stock or short the market in february or caught the recovery in the aftermath of feb. We have no idea how he made his money. I assume he is looking for a strategy where he can make money daily or weekly in all types of markets. Nothing wrong with the path he is taking. He is just not going to get an easy answer.
 
padutrader said:
do you seriously think someone can go from options to day trading which is the most difficult?
the daily or 4 h is the place to learn according to me
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Why is DT the most difficult? Why should anyone constrain their trading to one discipline? If he likes options, why not learn futures and options on futures? The reality is that not every strategy works all the time. The learning should never end if you want to make a living from trading or manage your own money. You have to keep an open mind to opportunities.
 
Xela said:
Why?! I'm absolutely baffled: why does someone who has traded a small account over two years, and seen it grow more than nine-fold in that time, want to do something different from what he's been doing so far?! :wtf: o_O
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Everything is not money based and not everyone is a struggler on elite altough it seems like it. Perhaps he wants a new challenge?
 
padutrader said:
because the day trading chart can be manipulated for short periods of time....the point is if you want to learn better the longer time frame since he has enough capital
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I'm going to make a general statement. What we have not mastered is the most difficult. I can't say that because option postion trading is easier for me, that it should be easier for others. I have never been a equity day trader. But if I practice that skill and find a system that works, that would the easiest for me.
 
padutrader said:
because the day trading chart can be manipulated for short periods of time....the point is if you want to learn better the longer time frame since he has enough capital
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Davis said:
Hello. I just joined this site and would like to get information on learning to day trade Emini SP 500 and Nasdaq Futures. I opened a Roth IRA about two years ago with $6500 and have slowly built it into about $60,000. This is from trading options but now I would like to learn how to day trade the Emini futures. I have started searching the internet on advice about day trading and it seems everyone is trying to sell a system or a book, but I have no idea on who has the best information out there. As mentioned I am trading some now so I am not looking for a book the gives basic information but instead gets into the details about learning to day trading futures. I was hoping traders on this forum can give me good advice on what books to read and / or web sites to sign up with, so I can best learn about day trading futures. Thank you in advance for your advice
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Just go for it. Open up a demo account with AMP, use the TT platform and practice. Once you get the mechanics down, try it with real capital.

Remember, some of the posters on this thread have less than $1000 to their names. pay the negativity no mind
 
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