Only 1 Futures Daytrade per day: $200-$1,000 profit goal per day

Quote from increasenow:

today July 25th..netted a gain of $40.00 trading the YM and Comex Gold...Total P&L since thread began is -$49.00...BUT...had 3 winning days (lost no $$$) in a row...gonna back off on the DAX...too big for me right now...I fiqure if I cannot trade the YM consistently...what makes me think I can handle the "DAX"?...right now will look to trade either the YM or Comex Gold but also have Oil up on my platform as the YM and Comex Gold totally react to Crude Oil price movement...also...think, not definite, that I will only trade in the morning before 12noon Chicago time...

You might want to look at Soybeans also and see if you find a correlatoin to gold and crude oil prices. Also US Dollar. I try to keep my eye on several markets to help make sense of what's going on.
 
Quote from increasenow:

today July 25th..netted a gain of $40.00

How are you deciding to take profits? It seems you are consistently coming up short on your profit goals. Do you have any set criteria on when to exit a profitable trade or is it more a matter of not wanting to lose money if a profitable trades starts to turn on you? You might consider putting in a pre-defined profit target order and leave it in the market just as you would a stop-loss order. Maybe that would help you stay in the trade longer and start to increase your profit per trade. Just a thought.
 
you could watch,es, dow,naz,er,oil,goog,pot,fnm,corn,and if you had a chart for each with support and res drawn , you could trade which ever one was trending and get out at the trendline support resistance areas,or wait for it to hit a trendline and reverse and start your trade there
 
Quote from rsikit:

Go for the qm which is the oil mini, good swings this past week to help you reach your goal, more than enough. It is a good start into oil since every dollar move is only 500$
thanks rsikit...great suggestion...I've not liked the QM because of the huge spread...but then again...the CL can get a huge spread and worse lose if you are on the wrong side of it...hmmm...the QM...great suggestion if you are considering going with the trend..it does move for s $500 proft all day long...thanks for the insight...will look into it afresh...thanks...do you trade the QM or CL?
 
Quote from olias:

You might want to look at Soybeans also and see if you find a correlatoin to gold and crude oil prices. Also US Dollar. I try to keep my eye on several markets to help make sense of what's going on.
Olias...do you trade Soybeans?what correlation have you seen?I've looked at Corn, Soybeans and Wheat but never pulled the trigger on any of those...thanks...
 
Quote from brocklanders:

How are you deciding to take profits? It seems you are consistently coming up short on your profit goals. Do you have any set criteria on when to exit a profitable trade or is it more a matter of not wanting to lose money if a profitable trades starts to turn on you? You might consider putting in a pre-defined profit target order and leave it in the market just as you would a stop-loss order. Maybe that would help you stay in the trade longer and start to increase your profit per trade. Just a thought.
Brocklanders...this is EXACTLY correct...as I stated before, being totally honest...every trade has been in the right direction...it is as you said, seeing that p&l starting to turn "red (-)" temporalrily that gets me concerned of it running for the long haul in the opposite direction..I'm getting a good pulse of the price action and if a market is getting weak or strong and trading in that direction...it is just those slight "temporary spikes" in the opposite direction that have been getting me to "trade out" too quick...yea, exactly, it seems to be all about staying in a trade longer, longer, longer...thanks again
 
Quote from ammo:

you could watch,es, dow,naz,er,oil,goog,pot,fnm,corn,and if you had a chart for each with support and res drawn , you could trade which ever one was trending and get out at the trendline support resistance areas,or wait for it to hit a trendline and reverse and start your trade there
now that is a very interesting thought...hmmm...more choices and more options to trade...do you do this Ammo?...what do you trade?
 
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