place trade on 2 min and 5 min chart. currently only trade /ES.

my very first future trade. made 50 dollars. very nervous. I am using tastyworks. definitely not the platform you want to use to trade futures. I may switch to ninjatrader.

my second future trade. only made 2 ticks. market rips higher, and I tried to short. glad i got out of this trade.

made 87.5 today

qinking126 

my second future trade. only made 2 ticks. market rips higher, and I tried to short. glad i got out of this trade.

If you got out short and you did not reenter...is it because you still looking to short but didn't get the entry?

I don't want to over trade. That was my second future trade. I have a very small account, only 10k. I am afraid to lose money. That's why I didn't get back in. So far I only do one trade a day. Once I get comfortable. I will trade more

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You would be a great candidate for the forthcoming micros... much better to trade while not scared

Trading the new CME E-Micro's (E micro) MES, MNQ, MYM, M2K and other micros And here we are, SIX YEARS LATER, and they are finally coming. Launch date May 2019

qinking126 

I don't want to over trade. That was my second future trade. I have a very small account, only 10k. I am afraid to lose money. That's why I didn't get back in. So far I only do one trade a day. Once I get comfortable. I will trade more Sent using the NexusFi mobile app

I've recently had these same feelings you describe, why not use sim-trading to work on strategy, execution, and confidence?

Once fear sets in it can cause compounding errors that are difficult to pick apart and analyze individually. sim-trading can help.

Cheers!
snax

@snax @qinking126 If there's fear, you will most likely lose. A 10k account will be busted in less than a year trading e-mini. Maybe you both get lucky and it doesn't happen but this game takes years of experience to not f it up and even then you do f up every now and then.