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December 28th, 2021, 09:42 PM
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Why dont people trade 150 ES contracts?
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Whether they scale into a position is mostly a...
Whether they scale into a position is mostly a function of the time frame of the trade. If the trade is to be longer term, then it's no big deal to add lower or higher. If the trade is to be short...
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December 27th, 2021, 08:48 PM
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It's all liquidity. Liquidity can be categorized...
It's all liquidity. Liquidity can be categorized into: (1) displayed liquidity, what you see on the book (2) hidden liquidity that is ready to trigger, like system-created refresh bids/offers, true...
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December 21st, 2021, 04:27 PM
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This has nothing to do with your 5 contracts....
This has nothing to do with your 5 contracts. They're running after liquidity, period, and they know where it's likely to be found. Yours (your stops) is lumped in with everyone else's. CL is $70K...
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December 10th, 2021, 04:32 PM
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In all but this one case, I agree. In this case,...
In all but this one case, I agree. In this case, it's 100% legit, it's not someone who advertises himself, and his name is not even mentioned, so it's not self-promotion.
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December 10th, 2021, 10:24 AM
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If your point is that people can trade 300...
If your point is that people can trade 300 contracts, it's been established that they do it, all the time. Especially in treasuries. Mark Douglas talks about a trader whose max size was 2000 in one...
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December 7th, 2021, 11:13 AM
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Maybe good to make the distinction that the goal...
Maybe good to make the distinction that the goal would ideally be to understand what work needs to be done, and then execute that, such that one can trade 100 contracts successfully.
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December 2nd, 2021, 01:33 PM
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Why dont people trade 150 ES contracts?
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Not since September of this year! Big SP said...
Not since September of this year! Big SP said goodbye with SPU21.
ES may have started as a retail tool, but SP hasn't traded more than 5% of the daily notional of ES in several years (I'd usually...
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December 2nd, 2021, 01:30 PM
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Why dont people trade 150 ES contracts?
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Some people are. But they typically don't hang...
Some people are. But they typically don't hang out on internet forums. One well known trader I've seen takes positions in the multiple 100s in the ES and eurex products. As in, 300-500, with clip...
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