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March 9th, 2019, 04:33 PM

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CME "Trade Against a Pro" Trading Challenge - March 3-8

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Posted By snax

So I just took a look at the leaderboard. the two...

So I just took a look at the leaderboard. the two traders in 9th & 10th place had totals of 2 trades each one in /ES, one in /NQ, those were pure short plays right off the opening bell sunday evening...

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March 9th, 2019, 02:13 PM

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CME "Trade Against a Pro" Trading Challenge - March 3-8

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Posted By snax

Hi wrbtrader, Thank you for checking in,...

Hi wrbtrader,

Thank you for checking in, congrats on your trading! I see you are an /ES trader so I bet you were taking a lot of short positions to finish that high!

I did very badly in the...

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February 24th, 2019, 01:57 PM

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CME "Trade Against a Pro" Trading Challenge - March 3-8

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Posted By snax

FYI, I noticed this on the simulator site: ...

FYI, I noticed this on the simulator site:

I'm (roughly) guessing that CQG just models the order queue-depth based on current live market volume and simulates the partial-fills and slippage of...

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February 23rd, 2019, 11:40 PM

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CME "Trade Against a Pro" Trading Challenge - March 3-8

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Posted By snax

SMCJB, That's interesting that you were...

SMCJB,

That's interesting that you were thinking butterfly spreads, do you do any pairs-trading?

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February 23rd, 2019, 02:51 PM

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CME "Trade Against a Pro" Trading Challenge - March 3-8

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Posted By snax

1) I don't have a sure answer for how they decide...

1) I don't have a sure answer for how they decide if you get filled (I haven't asked them). I do use their simulator for my current trading that I am journaling, as well as experiments outside of...

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February 22nd, 2019, 12:34 PM

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CME "Trade Against a Pro" Trading Challenge - March 3-8

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Posted By snax

I didn't find any either, unfortunately this...

I didn't find any either, unfortunately this seems pretty typical.

Last time they emailed me before the challenge and I had to review some educational stuff before I was officially entered into...

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February 21st, 2019, 09:56 PM

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CME "Trade Against a Pro" Trading Challenge - March 3-8

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Posted By snax

CME "Trade Against a Pro" Trading Challenge - March 3-8

Hello,

I thought some of you might be interested in doing this for fun, learning, or both.

https://www.cmegroup.com/education/trading-challenge.html

I did one of their trading competitions...

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