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The transition to Futures trading


It's called a "runner"
 

Capture the smaller moves with the first couple of contracts and the meat of the move with the runner. You could set the platform to flatten at a certain time, near the close. All in, scale out. You must have a pretty good cushion now, enough margin to trade a few more contracts?
 
Interesting.

I've got enough margin. Just not 100% sure of my capabilities yet to be trading too heavy.

Plenty to think about in terms of these sorts of strategies.
 
Interesting.

I've got enough margin. Just not 100% sure of my capabilities yet to be trading too heavy.

Plenty to think about in terms of these sorts of strategies.

Tech, you trade multiples sometimes, do you scale out and leave the runner?
 
Tech, you trade multiples sometimes, do you scale out and leave the runner?

Better to have a few contracts and move your stop to 10 point in profit and let them all run.

You trade 3 contracts and cut 2 short and let only 1 go all the way you will end up catching runners that hardly lift your expectancy.

Man up and just hang on!
 
Tech, you trade multiples sometimes, do you scale out and leave the runner?

I'm more like T/H in regard to holding on.

So no.

If I'm going to let a trade loose then once I'm at B/E or get enough to trail a stop in some profit then let it go.
I've made most on those I've let go for days.
Frankly if you can find a longer term top or bottom and you have a few on it you'll do really well.

So what I should be doing is -----
Place at the appropriate time a set and forget type longer term trade in the direction of the expected long term move.
Then trade separately the short term setups.
Even these you can trade form longer term intra day to minutes.
 
Back to grim reality.

Managed to get some of that spike on the open - good start.

now short at 6597.5, stop at b/e
 
Short again 02




Stop at B/E
Doesn't feel right tonight.
 
Took the long @ 6547. felt like it had a go at the lows on weak volume then we got the high volume up bar. Used the inside bar next up as my entry.

Initial stop was 6540. New stop 6543, got to go to dinner so gonna let it ride for the next hour or so!
 
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