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Trading the Micro Contracts

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 blackgrey45 
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It looked like the perfect counter trend trade!


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Why did you do this?


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Put on one trade in the MES. It was counter trend during the last 3 hours of the market.






(Side joke)

Funny thing is, if you sell your 'system' and we trade reverse of your entries, that alone is also a proven successful system.

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 blackgrey45 
Marco Island, FL
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I used mental stops today and reduced my losses significantly. I even had a couple of good trades.

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Marco Island, FL
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Platform: Sierra Chart
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Got stopped out of every trade today so no big winners. Traded all MES.

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Experience: Beginner
Platform: Sierra Chart
Broker: AMP Global
Trading: MCL ES ZN MGC E6
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Duration: Minutes
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Had one awesome trade in MES. Added contracts on the way up. Exited for a nice profit.



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Experience: Beginner
Platform: Sierra Chart
Broker: AMP Global
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Another week begins and I will touch on my trading plans.
>For entries I will buy weakness and sell strength.
>For exits I will determine a suitable stop loss and exit the trade when my stop loss is hit. The stop loss will likely be 3-10 ticks. For winning trades I will implement a trailing stop. If the trailing stop is not triggered I will hold the trade until the end of the day. Further more, for winning trades I will add contracts as the winning trade moves further into profit. For instance, if a winning trade is 40-50 ticks into profit I will add a contract.
>For markets I will trade the MCL, MES, and M6E

Have a great week everyone, I will be posting my results at the end of every trading day.

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 blackgrey45 
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Traded the majority of my trades in MCL with a few contracts of the M6E sprinkled in. No big winners today though.



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Just remember: EMicro trades incur approx. 300-400% the commish and fees of the regular EMini contract.....for the same leverage.

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Just remember: EMicro trades incur approx. 300-400% the commish and fees of the regular EMini contract.....for the same leverage.

I like your journal 😊

I do have some thoughts but I'll keep them to myself except to say you do need outsized winners for that strategy and I wonder what your strategy for locking those in is?

Other than that I really think you are far ahead of most people I see at your level.

I also like you spreadsheets at the end of day. I'm gonna do that 👍

Keep up the good work 😊

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 blackgrey45 
Marco Island, FL
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Experience: Beginner
Platform: Sierra Chart
Broker: AMP Global
Trading: MCL ES ZN MGC E6
Frequency: Several times daily
Duration: Minutes
Posts: 761 since Jul 2022
Thanks Given: 859
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28 total trades, most were in the MCL. I let a couple trades get away from me with a couple $30+ losses. I have to say I really like where oil is trading but I think it could dip into the 70s.



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