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Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

March 31st, 2016, 09:32 PM

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Questions about trading S&P 500 emini futures.

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Posted By KevinMas

Just checked it out and now I realize how foolish...

Just checked it out and now I realize how foolish I must sound wanting to trade a 6k account. :faint:

Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

March 31st, 2016, 09:32 PM

Replies: 23

Questions about trading S&P 500 emini futures.

Views: 7,743

Posted By KevinMas

The thing is though I'm not trying to make a...

The thing is though I'm not trying to make a living, I just want experience in the real market. So maybe I should pick a different future to trade? Any suggestions?

Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

March 31st, 2016, 05:40 PM

Replies: 23

Questions about trading S&P 500 emini futures.

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Posted By KevinMas

Yeah I think I don't fully understand the 1 /...

Yeah I think I don't fully understand the 1 / $6000 / $102.500 = ~17.1 equation here. I understand that technically the portfolio I'm trading is well just call it 100k but I only actually have 6k so...

Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

March 31st, 2016, 05:33 PM

Replies: 23

Questions about trading S&P 500 emini futures.

Views: 7,743

Posted By KevinMas

Clearly I'm missing something because I assumed...

Clearly I'm missing something because I assumed the more contracts the more leverage?

Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

March 31st, 2016, 05:29 PM

Replies: 23

Questions about trading S&P 500 emini futures.

Views: 7,743

Posted By KevinMas

Thank you! But I don't plan on over-leveraging my...

Thank you! But I don't plan on over-leveraging my account, like I said I would just do 1 contract at a time and now max out my account with margin and do 12 contracts. You'd had to be insane to bet...

Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

March 31st, 2016, 05:10 PM

Replies: 23

Questions about trading S&P 500 emini futures.

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Posted By KevinMas

Ah that makes sense thank you. And yeah it can...

Ah that makes sense thank you. And yeah it can happen at any given moment but the odds of the futures dropping 6% in an instant seems rather unlikely. And I don't plan on holding overnight at all so...

Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

March 31st, 2016, 04:22 PM

Replies: 23

Questions about trading S&P 500 emini futures.

Views: 7,743

Posted By KevinMas

Thanks Clay, you're very helpful and I'm grateful...

Thanks Clay, you're very helpful and I'm grateful for people like you on these forums! I just found out that Firetip pro is actually $49 a month. :pcguru: Now I'm not sure if thats cheap or expensive...

Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

March 31st, 2016, 02:54 PM

Replies: 23

Questions about trading S&P 500 emini futures.

Views: 7,743

Posted By KevinMas

Thanks again for another elaborate answer! You're...

Thanks again for another elaborate answer! You're very helpful! I was just trading the stocks within the S&P500 for that time. And I remember learning about futures a while back but It was way over...

Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

March 31st, 2016, 01:29 PM

Replies: 23

Questions about trading S&P 500 emini futures.

Views: 7,743

Posted By KevinMas

Thank you for the very informational response....

Thank you for the very informational response. Much appreciated. I have actually been trading for over a year and paper trading for about the same time so I have some knowledge but I recently got...

Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

March 31st, 2016, 01:25 PM

Replies: 23

Questions about trading S&P 500 emini futures.

Views: 7,743

Posted By KevinMas

I understand why it sounds nuts but if I have...

I understand why it sounds nuts but if I have good stops in play and only trading 1 contract it could work no? I'm doing this it get rich quick haha, I just want some experience in the real futures...

Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

March 31st, 2016, 11:55 AM

Replies: 23

Questions about trading S&P 500 emini futures.

Views: 7,743

Posted By KevinMas

Questions about trading S&P 500 emini futures.

Hi, If I have 6k in an account that allows me to trade the emini sp500 futures would I be able to scalp a few ticks then jump back into another position or would I need to wait a certain amount of...

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