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Intraday traders, how many trades do you make per day?
Updated September 11, 2021
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Intraday traders, how many trades do you make per day?
July 27th, 2015, 10:36 PM
San Diego, California
Experience: Advanced
Platform: NinjaTrader, Multicharts
Broker: Optimus/Amp - CQG/Rithmic/IQ
Trading: NQ,TF,YM,CL,Options
Posts: 73 since Apr 2014
London Trader
Theoretically, given a million monkeys on keyboards, at least one of them will discover DAX to be very profitable..
Can you help answer these questions
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July 27th, 2015, 10:54 PM
Bangkok, Thailand
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UmBillyCord
Let me preface this by saying I only trade CL, TF and NQ.
It really depends on the day and how many instruments you are trading. In conditions like the last two months probably no more than 1-3 trades per instrument per day.
I love how this is thrown out there by some people. I know several "retail traders" that take $700-$2,000 per day on one
contract . I would say that is a pretty good edge.
Just because the majority of the traders here don't do it, doesn't mean that it isn't being done consistently by many "retail" traders.
You are never in the wrong place... but sometimes you are in the right place looking at things in the wrong way.
July 27th, 2015, 11:21 PM
San Diego, California
Experience: Advanced
Platform: NinjaTrader, Multicharts
Broker: Optimus/Amp - CQG/Rithmic/IQ
Trading: NQ,TF,YM,CL,Options
Posts: 73 since Apr 2014
Anagami
LOL I highly doubt that is the case long term, and wishful thinking won't make it so. Very sweet of you to believe so.
YOU CAN'T DO IT doesn't mean it can't be done.
July 28th, 2015, 09:39 AM
slovakia
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I tried to make about 3, every day, but it is horrible when you have 120 € on your account. It goes very slowly
July 30th, 2015, 02:51 PM
Kalispell montana
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London Trader
Talk about how many trades you make per day, and why..
Probably my earliest approach was to trade the high/low in trend channels, and this amounted to an inordinate number of small trades. Abandoning that, I moved to building positions (
pyramiding ) each time a new signal reinforces my belief, or
scaling out of positions when signals do not reinforce my belief.
My trade count dropped from 100 per day, to about 5 on a good day. In days that do not offer a change in fundamentals, I can spend a lot of time
not taking a position.
Do you suspect I am paying a high
opportunity cost , or just keeping my money?
July 30th, 2015, 02:54 PM
Fort Smith, AR USA
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New to paper money account trading Forex, but my guess is keeping your money. I know just trying to recover the spread to BE would keep me challenged at this point in newbie status. Thanks for the "situation presentation" with your question. Good trading to you.
July 30th, 2015, 04:49 PM
London, UK
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July 30th, 2015, 04:56 PM
London, UK
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Anagami
... days when they LOSE $700 to $2000.
lots do you trade per day?
July 31st, 2015, 01:32 PM
Kalispell montana
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London Trader
They were small trades lasting less than 5 minutes. I thought naked DAX liked me..
I'm currently into one Calendar/Crack/Crush spread per day
August 3rd, 2015, 11:21 AM
Leeds UK
Market Wizard
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: Tradovate
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Trading: MES, MNQ
Frequency: Several times daily
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London Trader
Theoretically, given a million monkeys on keyboards, at least one of them will discover DAX to be very profitable..
Hamlet " (a waste of time, in one sense, since Shakespeare has already written it, but what can you do?).
Last Updated on September 11, 2021
