111. Randomness and E-Mini Trading
April 18, 2011
Among the most controversial topics in market theory is the degree and level of randomness present in each daily trading session. There are those that deny the random movement of the market, while others believe that all market movement may be random. The truth probably lies somewhere between thes...
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112. E-Mini Trading Systems and the Search for the Holy Grail
April 18, 2011
In several recent articles I have been discussing some of the phases that new traders enter and exit in their e-mini trading careers. Each phase is a stopping point, or at least point where traders pause to rectify their trading styles, and then move on to another stage. The goal, of course, is to...
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113. Fear-based Day Trading
April 17, 2011
Every day trader goes through several phases early in his or her trading career. Some of the phases are quite pleasant, and others are downright painful. It is import to be cognizant of your emotional mindset during each phase of your trading career. Of course, brand-new traders have usually lear...
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114. E-Mini Trading: How Long Should You Trade in Simulated Mode?
April 14, 2011
Most new traders want to test their new e-mini trading skills on a trading simulator. Most new students can easily obtain a trading simulator from a reputable futures broker. The general line of thinking is to master e-mini trading on a simulator and then move to trading an actual live account. F...
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115. E-Mini Trading: Learn to Read Charts and Confirm with Indicators
April 13, 2011
It's not unusual to see advertisements for trading education and see a wall of monitors with dozens of indicators and charts adorning the background. This may be understandable if the individual is a professional trader and following half a dozen different markets. This is generally not the case t...
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116. E-Mini Trading: More on the Advantages and Disadvantages of the YM and ES
April 09, 2011
There is no shortage of opinions among e-mini traders as to which contract is the most profitable to trade. In my opinion, the various financial index e-mini contracts all have specific advantages and disadvantages that an e-mini trader should consider. Many individuals trade ES because it is the ...
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117. E-Mini Trading Versus Forex Trading: A Shocking Lack of Transparency
April 05, 2011
Forex trading has gained a large following in recent years as a popular day trading vehicle. It's not unusual to observe a barrage of Forex firms touting their services on just about any financial news publication. As a longtime institutional stock trader and commodities trader I am often shocked ...
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118. E-Mini Trading: Overleveraging Yourself out of the Business
April 03, 2011
I had a new e-mini trader in my trading room last week and he had funded an account with $5000. According to his broker’s calculations, this gave him the right to trade up to 5 e-mini contracts, if he or she chose to do so. Of course, with this newfound flexibility and trading freedom, he promptly...
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119. E-Mini Trading: Trading Pivot Points Effectively
April 03, 2011
Let me say from the onset that there are a great number of individuals who rely heavily on trading daily pivot points in their e-mini trading. I am not one of those individuals, but I do chart daily pivots as a frame of reference in my trading. On some days, the market pays especially close attentio...
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120. E-Mini Trading: How Long until I Make Money?
April 02, 2011
If you read the slew of trading websites and Internet advertisements you would think e-mini trading is similar to taking money out of an ATM machine. I wish it were that easy. To be a consistent trader an individual must master a number of disciplines in e-mini trading. Those disciplines are: ...
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Author: David Adams
