What happened? (ES trade)

Quote from trackstar:

If you feel like you made a lot of money in 1 trade then you are trading too large of size.

LOL, seriously thats a pretty good rule of thumb.
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I agree 100%

That's the main reason why I posted this thread. In two days of trading the platform, I believe day one I made about $1,250, then day two $5,000. It was one of those too good to be true things to happen, so I wanted to get other opinions on this.

From the replies, it certainly sounds like too good to be true would be an accurate statement. I was trading way too many contracts to start...
 
Monday Long 2 ES at 1246.50 at 14:17
Sold 2 ES at 1259.25 at 16:01


I would venture to guess that today was certainly a good day to be trading the ES. You guys that got short at the open probably picked up ten points if you held the position, and adjusted your stops.:eek: :)
 
perhaps it was overlooked but those trades that u referred to, from day one and day two, for quick gains of $1250 and $5000 were paper trades.

i don't care what paper trading system u were using, but almost all are very generous in their executions.

in a real account, i doubt u could get the same prices and execution on 100 contracts as u did with the paper tading account.
 
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