{"id":1812,"date":"2010-01-03T09:42:29","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T13:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/club.ino.com:80\/trading\/?p=1812"},"modified":"2009-12-09T11:17:41","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T15:17:41","slug":"day-trading-emini-index-futures-9-key-trading-concepts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwtest.ino.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/day-trading-emini-index-futures-9-key-trading-concepts\/","title":{"rendered":"Day Trading E-mini Index Futures - 9 Key Trading Concepts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Today I'd like everyone to welcome back Marc Nicolas from Tradingemini.com<\/a>. Marc would like tip his hand a bit regarding his methods for trading the E-mini and how he tries to avoid being the 90% of traders that lose money! Please feel free to comment below with any questions or insight for Marc, and be sure and check out his site Tradingemini.com<\/a> for a free webinar.<\/p>\n

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Trading is inherently risky, but by following nine fundamental money management rules, you keep your capital safe while building your trading experience.<\/p>\n

Our 9 rules to keep you in the 10% winning club vs. 90% of traders who lose money:<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Look for high volume markets with a thin spread - Orders are filled quickly and it has high volatility so there are opportunities for 2 to 4 good trades during the day. The E-mini S&P500 Index Future is a good example of this type of market (Each point is worth $50, split into 4 ticks of $12.50 and there are 4 contracts a year, traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange).<\/p>\n

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2.<\/strong> Only risk 1% of your capital per trade, then your capital can absorb 100 consecutive bad trades - Even the best systems can expect 20% losing trades, so the 1% rule gives you room to maneuver.<\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> $10-$15k is the minimum capital you should have per E-mini S&P500 contract traded - If you lose $1000-$1500, it only represents 10% of you capital which is recoverable compared to a $3k account where the same loss equals 50% of your account. Consequently, you are more likely to lose the remainder of your capital rather than recover the loss.<\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> Limit the hours you trade \u2013 We prefer the first 60-90 minutes when typically there is a good trend before the lunch time chop \u2013 many professional traders trade this time period.<\/p>\n

5.<\/strong> Limit the number of trades you make per day \u2013 2-6 is good as the E-mini usually has up to 3 trends per day and you should aim to catch 1-2 out of the 3. Overtrading racks up commission fees and increases the risk of revenge trading. A few ticks loss per trade quickly mounts up - 4 trades fired like a machine gun can easily become four losers, at 8 tick stops, that\u2019s $400 loss, 4% of a $10k account. Patience is key, stalk trades.<\/p>\n

6.<\/strong> On any one day stop trading when losses hit 5-10% of capital, which is recoverable, and indicates you are reading the market wrong, so stop, evaluate your errors and record them in your Trading Journal.<\/p>\n

7.<\/strong> Keep a Trading Journal listing all your trades - Over time the mind dismisses bad trades and habits. Include annotated charts, and notes about your emotions. Key things to note:
\n- Are you trading your account and not the charts, taking desperate trades having made a couple of losers, rather than treating each trade uniquely?
\n- Are you taking negligible signals because you have missed a good move, resulting in chasing a trade which you are stopped out of on a minor retrace, or you opt for a counter-trend trade purely on the thought \u201cit can\u2019t possibly go any higher\u201d?<\/p>\n

8.<\/strong> Base your stop loss and target strategically from the charts, not an arbitrary number of points - For example use price levels at double tops, swing highs and lows, or pull backs to moving averages. Then you can place tighter stops and take higher profit to risk ratio trades by keeping your focus on the chart, trading what you see, not what you think or feel.<\/p>\n

9.<\/strong> Be patient between one EMA, or pivot, to the next - This is one of the hardest things to master. To help, trade at least 2 contracts, keeping 1 for 2-3pts, whatever your first target is, and then let a runner go with a break even stop. If it goes your way you add gravy to the first. One good runner is hard to beat with lots of scalps, your results will amaze you.<\/p>\n

Marc Nicolas
\nTradingemini.com<\/a><\/p>\n

To learn more about Tradingemini.com<\/a>\u2019s techniques you can join us for our free New Year Webinar 5th January 2010 16:00 EST. We only do three of these a year so it promises to be something special.
\nRegister here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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