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Forum: Trading Journals

April 7th, 2021, 03:59 PM

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Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

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Posted By sstheo

I started a new journal here on FIO. ...

I started a new journal here on FIO.

https://nexusfi.com/trading-journals/56948-making-living-micros.html#post838865

Forum: Trading Journals

July 23rd, 2019, 07:59 AM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

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Posted By sstheo

We welcome anyone who has at least a year of...

We welcome anyone who has at least a year of active trading under their belts. That is the only requirement. Indeed, we are all futures traders.

Forum: Trading Journals

July 23rd, 2019, 07:43 AM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

Views: 14,212

Posted By sstheo

I will let borderline answer the first question,...

I will let borderline answer the first question, since you asked her, but she is fairly new and may not know the answer to the second question.

We only started on April 16 of this year, and we...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 22nd, 2019, 11:54 PM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

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Posted By sstheo

Hi Mike. Sorry for the work in the shadows. I...

Hi Mike. Sorry for the work in the shadows. I was only doing what I thought you wanted me to do--

This is my memory (which my wife will tell you is totally unreliable, LOL): I actually posted...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 22nd, 2019, 10:48 PM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

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Posted By sstheo

It was actually a powerful epiphany--Trading with...

It was actually a powerful epiphany--Trading with less risk frees my brain for better trading decisions. (And keeps me alive longer!)

The message is that I should probably be lowering my risk...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 20th, 2019, 06:03 PM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

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Posted By sstheo

loantelligence (and others who are interested), ...

loantelligence (and others who are interested),

Thanks for the question about how I earned $8,000 sim bucks in 5 days with 40 micro contracts (the equivalent of 4 E-mini contracts).

How did I...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 19th, 2019, 04:21 PM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

Views: 14,212

Posted By sstheo

Thanks. Sorry, there is no timestamp on the...

Thanks.

Sorry, there is no timestamp on the recorded trades, and they didn't show up on the charts on the sim platform. So no trades to post. And I was going way too fast sometimes with the...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 19th, 2019, 01:45 PM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

Views: 14,212

Posted By sstheo

CME Micro Challenge final results

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=269452

Nostar123 from FIO is in the #2 spot. Awesome! And he takes home some real cash from the CME for the win.

That's pretty awesome out of...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 18th, 2019, 03:17 PM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

Views: 14,212

Posted By sstheo

I had to look up PPO! I am sending you a...

I had to look up PPO!

I am sending you a link to check it out.

Steve

Forum: Trading Journals

July 18th, 2019, 03:14 PM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

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Posted By sstheo

At this time most traders are focusing on ES, NQ,...

At this time most traders are focusing on ES, NQ, and YM.

Several people trade CL.

We are most active from 9:30 to 11:30 NY time each day, but there is someone in the room most of the time I...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 18th, 2019, 03:00 PM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

Views: 14,212

Posted By sstheo

We are all traders ourselves in a free chat...

We are all traders ourselves in a free chat room-- and of necessity need to focus on our own trading.

This being said, we are open to new traders who have been trading for at least 12 full...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 18th, 2019, 02:49 PM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

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Posted By sstheo

Thursday near the close

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=269244

This goes with my previous post.

edit: 15:05 NY time. Unfortunately, I was WAY WRONG, as the ES climbed to 3001+ as of this writing.

Forum: Trading Journals

July 18th, 2019, 02:40 PM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

Views: 14,212

Posted By sstheo

Day 4 top 10 CME Micro Challenge

Near the close of the "for fun" Micro CME challenge.

I wrote earlier I got creamed overnight. But today I made it back to the top 10.

This has been crazy, and it just shows you that "it aint...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 18th, 2019, 01:54 PM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

Views: 14,212

Posted By sstheo

All the top leaderboard traders are slinging the...

All the top leaderboard traders are slinging the max of 10 micros each on MES, MNQ, MYM, and M2k. That is the same as 4 regular E-minis.

And they are not counting commissions, and have no risk...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 18th, 2019, 11:53 AM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

Views: 14,212

Posted By sstheo

Yes. It has been 3 months now. Interestingly,...

Yes. It has been 3 months now. Interestingly, many people don't hang around long. We don't know if they blow their accounts or just hate us. Perhaps if we charged something for it they would...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 18th, 2019, 09:25 AM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

Views: 14,212

Posted By sstheo

Thanks! The CME sim-trading platform doesn't...

Thanks!

The CME sim-trading platform doesn't keep track of entries and exits on the chart unfortunately, and they don't have an export function. I would post all the trades here, but they are not...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 17th, 2019, 11:10 PM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

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Posted By sstheo

Top 3, then market tanked

The CME Micro E-mini Challenge has been fun, but I think I am out. After getting all the way up to #3 just before the market close today, I decided to get FLAT like a prudent trader does. Little...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 17th, 2019, 08:53 AM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

Views: 14,212

Posted By sstheo

Trading in a range

Range Trading is where most traders get chopped up.

Here is the ES for the last 24 hours. What trades have the highest probability? How not to die?
...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 16th, 2019, 08:38 PM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

Views: 14,212

Posted By sstheo

I will be happy to share more of my techniques. ...

I will be happy to share more of my techniques.

I will share them as I see them or use them. Today was a classic drop.

The stop run cascade. Today we finally saw a break of a long bull run...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 16th, 2019, 05:57 PM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

Views: 14,212

Posted By sstheo

The fun CME Micro E-mini Challenge

I have taken a short break from my own live account, and I am trading in the CME Micro E-mini challenge. This was set up to give some exposure to the new micro contracts, and it seems to be working....

Forum: Trading Journals

July 15th, 2019, 06:56 AM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

Views: 14,212

Posted By sstheo

Great question. And you have caused me to really...

Great question. And you have caused me to really think about my schedule and commitment again. For this I thank you.

I am self-employed as a real estate broker and I am able to schedule most of...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 14th, 2019, 10:24 AM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

Views: 14,212

Posted By sstheo

FIO has done some great webinars on the Micro's. ...

FIO has done some great webinars on the Micro's.

I really appreciated FuturesTrader71's webinar. It really opened my eyes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6d4e0lPH2g

Here are two more...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 13th, 2019, 11:49 PM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

Views: 14,212

Posted By sstheo

$2,500 to the top guy or gal-- CME Micro 5 day contest. About to start.

https://www.cmegroup.com/futures_challenge/challenges/183/landing?utm_source=par..._content=maincta07012019

Click the link above to enter the 5 day challenge from CME. It starts Sunday night July...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 11th, 2019, 05:52 PM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

Views: 14,212

Posted By sstheo

Way to go! Following the rules allows you to...

Way to go! Following the rules allows you to trade "emotion-less" (not "emotion-free"!!) I hope you can keep it up. The 5% is not sustainable long term, but following your rules can be.

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Forum: Trading Journals

July 11th, 2019, 08:28 AM

Replies: 105

Micro E-mini Madness (1% per day)

Views: 14,212

Posted By sstheo

Is that decade paying off?

Is that decade paying off?

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