Trading the S&P

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scouse

I wonder if someone can give me some information. I have been trading the DAX 30 and the CAC40 for some years now and have been making good money on them. I recently went automated with my system and things have been going very well. I have now decided to try and adapt my trading system to the S&P and see what results I can get.

Can somebody please tell me then what results I should expect points wise trading intraday from 1 contract from a reasonable system. If anyone can give me an idea of the points they have made in the last 2 quaters on the S&P it would be most appreciated.

Thanks in adance for any information.

Scouse
 
I trade SP500.
I rather want to know how different to trade DAX or the other indice futures.
I think if you are good at the indice you are trading, SP500 should not be so hard.

By the way, I am a good thread stopper, too :cool:
 
Hi kenokabe

I have been trading the Dax for about 2 years now and make about 4000 points a year intraday trading. Which I think is good results. With conservative money managements equates to about $70,000 a year (good enough for me anyway).

I think you get bigger trends on the DAX and the FTSE than you do on the S&P, but there is much more liquidity in the S&P

Scouse
 
Hi No Pm Please

I suppose the good thing about the S&P is that you can trading lots of contracts. On the DAX or the FTSE for that matter if you go above 4 contracts you start getting serious slippage. I take it you trade quite a few contracts to make your money?

Scouse
 
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Hi No Pm Please

I suppose the good thing about the S&P is that you can trading lots of contracts. On the DAX or the FTSE for that matter if you go above 4 contracts you start getting serious slippage. I take it you trade quite a few contracts to make your money?

Scouse
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I trade 25 contracts in the Emini. I haven't seen any slippage. If you trade the SP contract I think you should expect some slippage. I'd be doing better but I lost about 40 pts. per-contract in April. The war made for very tough market conditions. It seems much easier now.
 
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