Trading Tactics - Position Sizing and Controlling the Trade

Index future traders should always be watching out for potential strategies which can enhance success rates. One strategy that allows flexibility in improving profitability is position sizing when trading mini Dow contracts. Managing our emotions with strict discipline is one of the most difficult elements of any type of short term trading. We all naturally want to hit a homerun rather than a single but success only comes to those traders willing to forego the homerun and become consistent at base hitting.  Check The Daily Emini Trading Room Results One way to overcome the swing for the fences mentality is to utilize position...

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Become a Student of the Emini Futures Market - Identify, Study and Master the Trade

Correct identification of futures market conditions is necessary to maintain consistent trading performance as is attention to proper tactics to capitalize on these conditions. However, proper identification of market conditions does not equate to profitable trading success by default.  Emini trading setups are limited as the charting landscape moves from one potential setup to another as it ebbs and flows reacting to internal and external forces.  Check The Daily Emini Trading Room Results Successful emini index future traders learn how to differentiate between noise and potentially strong setups for possible trade execution....

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How To Trade The ES Emini Contract

Below is a good video on how to trade the ES S&P 500 Emini futures uploaded to YouTube.com by http://daytradingradio.com/ . It's a pretty good video showing a 5 indicator trading system. For those of you just entering the index futures market, specifically the ES, this is a good introductory video. ...

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Trading Emini Futures Without Indicators - Video

Many professoinal traders in the Emini Futures markets don't use any indicators or even  fancy charts for that matter. They trade on price action alone using only a time and sales screen. Can it be done? Absolutely! Below is a video  by daytradetowin.com showing a live example trade of the ES contract using only a time and sales screen.  Check The Daily Emini Trading Room Results Time and Sales, a.k.a Tape Reading As you can see in the above video, it is possible to trade effectively without using any indicators other than calculated support and resistance levels along with a time and sales screen. Tape...

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Jeffrey Brewer Interview - Founder of the Power Emini Trading Room

Read this transcript of my recent interview with Jeffrey Brewer, our head trader, to learn more about this unique day trading environment.  Phil: We are here in the studio today with Jeffrey Brewer, our head trader and host of our weekly Emini Show - I have to say... it really looks like a fun place and you already have quite a following of traders, you must be doing something that people like! Jeffrey: Thanks Phil, yeah I have to tell you, its been great, we are really getting a good turn out from people all over the country that love the concept of day trading the emini and there is nothing better than being able to interact and...

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Lessons and Hard Knocks

Costly Lessons Learned I remember May 5, 2005 very well as it was the day I realized I needed to make a change or my trading days would soon be over. Most traders experience days they will never forget and for me, May 5, 2005 was my unforgettable day. This was the day GM was downgraded to junk bond status by Standard and Poor’s Corp. What was so surprising about this announcement was not that it WAS announced but WHEN it was announced. The news...

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Using Trailing Stops In Your Trading System

As traders, we are all familiar with the feeling of excitement when the trade goes our way. The satisfaction of knowing we used the necessary discipline as required by our trading system and followed through adhering to the rules as outlined by that system. We watch in anticipation as the set-up materializes and reveals the entry point we expected. Order entry was executed without a hitch and now we are watching as all our hard work has paid off…so far. The next step however, and the most difficult for new traders is locking in profits. Check The Daily Emini Trading Room Results This area of the trading process is where many deviate...

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A Brief Trading Course In Relation To Money Management And The Traits Of The Futures Trader

Knowing Your Personality And Risk Management The index futures market has experienced a escalation in volume over the last few years providing a robust trading instrument on the most important futures indexes. Check The Daily Emini Trading Room Results What makes emini futures so appealing is traders no longer need a a big trading account on hand to play the futures markets seeing as margin account requirements are significantly lower. With extra futures traders involved through the day by day sessions, improved liquidity and volatility create several day after day possibilities for traders to enter successful trades. However, index...

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Emini Trading Tips - Three That Are Important

Although many are drawn to the financial markets because they can be lucrative, most will leave in failure. Why? Lack of discipline. In this blog post, we will cover three very important emini trading tips that can increase your chances of becoming a successful futures trader. Check The Daily Emini Trading Room Results Mini futures day trading offers something other forms of trading does not…short term profits, everyday! The level of risk involved with index futures trading is substantially high but new traders can learn to become successful. Most new participants (we will call them participants because they aren’t traders) will...

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Scalping Futures Using Emini Contracts

Although as traders we use various methods to make our money from the markets, scalping futures using emini contracts is one method experienced traders use frequently. If you're new to the index futures market, in this article we will explain how using this method can reduce your exposure while allowing you to reach your trading goals and increase your confidence and grow as a futures trader. Check The Daily Emini Trading Room Results By nature, trades executed using the scalping method are designed to get the trader in and out of the market quickly. Usually with no more than a few minutes elapsing between entry and exit with the trader...

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