sooooooo .... what sort of average daily returns percentagewise are we getting out there for say the YM on CBOT ? anyone care to share ? Mine are all over the map and i give too much money to the brokers for commisions every day. thinking about giving up intraday and moving to other ways. Any comments ? thanks.
trading the e-minis
- Thread starter viola664
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Viola;
For emini contests ''winners'' ;
double didget
For professionals;
Four Biggest Mistakes in Futures Trading ,by Kaeppel helps
Intraday totals for me in ES this week.
M 2.25
T x
W 20
T 14
F 15.25
M 2.25
T x
W 20
T 14
F 15.25
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Vio;
Some thing that helped me;
but frankly somewhat embarrasing in years past , click on year to date chart,
click on 50 days intraday chart, say hourly.
More of a monthly % on ES this year ,some %% monyhs,[less last year];
than on swingtradeng stocks. Dont see a longer time frame much help in index derivatives; like it is in stocks
And even if you only play short or long only[best both;]
how much did you get out of those Year to date trends???Too many comissions show you are not letting profis run most likely, or to tight of stops, or both .
Chicago BOT has some good investor ed, including some wide stops suggestions;
day trade ES myself, dont like ES overnite , [like overnite swingtrade stocks ]but thier BOT education is helpful
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Viola;
With most of trends down, heres why if i was swingtrading would be short overnite, trends are friends;
however with YM,ES both gap up today, thats why prefer intraday.
All ES,YM /Volente journals may help;
longer charts intraday can keep comissions reasonable.
When i dont like my ES profit & loss, usually ;
crude but effective, trade more a.m. moves than afternoon,
and adjust profit targets.