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My constructive comment was to be inferred in my previous post. Rather than hope a trade works in a certain direction and hope it doesn't hit a stop, set a target and stick to it. Heck, I have been and also go down this road...The win:loss ratio is great. But if the wins are piddly but the losses great, and you wind up negative in the end, then the ratio is bunk.
If you pull the trigger on 10 contracts, why hope the trade goes 10 ticks? Rather, try to make $200 on the trade. That means you only need 3 or 4 ticks gain to reach the goal, after expenses. I cannot see how people can trade without a target to be hit. Lest you are just buying to hold and praying the stop does not get hit and seeing how far the trade will go over X amount of time. It is risky and counter-productive, because mental fatigue will come into play and you'll wind up pulling in the stop and taking a loss on every trade.
You only have to cut size until you get a little profit cushion. So let's say you made 1-1.5K you can go back to your original size, and if you lose from there, you cut again. This way you can keep yourself in the Combine longer and it will cost you less.
for me a big motivation lately were this videos from you tube , just amazing trading
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The fees and commish don't seem to jive with live. From what I can tell based on my own manifests and those of other live traders, normal RT costs total ~$4.30 per contract. Be conservative and round it to $5 bux per.
