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It depends on your balance, the more profit you have realized, the more contracts you can trade
to start, you are not allowed to trade more than 3 contracts :
I think what people are saying is, be careful if your big winning day involved a lot of doubling down on negative trades for instance, or really loading up on positive trades for that matter. If that was the FTP on the second day you would still of only been able to hold a maximum position of 3 contracts as your contract allowance is based on the high water mark of your end of day performance. (You could trade the full 15 tomorrow in this case).
People used to have trouble passing the FTP, one reason was that you were only allowed ten days, but for others it was because they weren't able to trade in a way that they did while getting through the Combine. Don't get me wrong, you are off to a great start and you are trading within the rules of the Combine so all is good. just keep in mind that the next stage has an emphasis on risk management and reduced contract numbers so be careful that not too much of your trade profitability and methodology you are doing well with now, will not be able to be carried over in to the FTP or live.
Good luck.
You do not win as a trader, you just get to play again the next day. If that game doesn’t appeal to you then you should not trade. Gary Norden
Great info, I rarely ever double down on losing trades, I like to add to winning trades only. I see now that wouldn't matter for the FTP. I think I get it now, once I reach a certain level of profit they allow you more contracts because it's the same thing when you get a funded account they want you to gain your own profit to risk if you're using up to 15 contracts. Fair enough. Thank you!
If you have the money to burn, and have been trading in practice accounts, and have a trade plan with an edge...go for it. If you do not know what you are doing, then save your money. Anyone can make money in this market over two days...if you are trading 15 contracts and you do not have a trade plan, known quantifiable edge, then you will be one of the 95%. Very much guessing if you are asking when to stop trading, you do not have a trade plan. I would be willing to bet 98% of all profitable traders in this forum have a trade plan that answers those questions.
Does not hurt to give it a try if you have the extra cash, but if you blow up...please wait until you can at least be profitable in a practice account and have developed and edge with trading plan.
Hi, looking at your performance and the question you put, I think you are not ready at all!!!
Let me explain you why. Your performance is absolutely perfect! you have 85% winning rate, the first day... your lowest P&L is -88,20 USD and your peak is around 766 USD., this is wonderful. The second day it's also perfectly fine, but it's strange that you stop trading after only 632 USD of gains..... I guess the cake was too perfect and you did not want to spoil it.
Well... if these performances were your normal way of trading, and they were sustainable, then you'll take a credit card, take 7000 USD out of it and open an account with infinity futures / cannon / optimus etc... they let you trade 1 contract per 500 USD (or even 400USD)... I mean you would not even ask the question in a forum.
The first week I traded futures, I mad 25.000 USD, with an account of 40.000. I thought I was a new market Wizard. I remember one day shorting Italian BTP at 8 am in the morning, and by 8,36 I was up 5800 EUR. But this is how a novice make money.
I lost all the 25.000 plus the initial 40K in the following 3 months.
Imagine to start your day with -900 euros, can you stop trading, and make up your loss the following days?
Do you realized that with 150K combine you have a weekly loss limit, so you cannot lose 2000 USD on Mondays, because then on Tuesday you will be limited to lose 1000 USD....
Do you know:
-when the weekly loss is calculated? (during the day / at the end of the day / from peak highs) ??
-do you know when the trailing drawdown is calculated?
I think you did very well these two days, but it looks too perfect to me.
Check carefully the rules of the combine....devil's in the details.
