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October 10th, 2022, 04:18 PM
Maryland, US
Legendary Market Wizard
Experience: Beginner
Platform: Sierra Chart
Broker: AMP Global
Trading: MES
Frequency: Several times daily
Duration: Minutes
Posts: 845 since Jul 2022
Thanks Given: 905
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My trading journal since October 2022. I trade the micro Emini(MES) and micro oil(MCL). Thanks for reading!
-Blackgrey45
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October 10th, 2022, 04:24 PM
Maryland, US
Legendary Market Wizard
Experience: Beginner
Platform: Sierra Chart
Broker: AMP Global
Trading: MES
Frequency: Several times daily
Duration: Minutes
Posts: 845 since Jul 2022
Thanks Given: 905
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ES rallied 40 point off the lows of the day. I think it will retest those lows in the next couple of days.
October 10th, 2022, 04:30 PM
Maryland, US
Legendary Market Wizard
Experience: Beginner
Platform: Sierra Chart
Broker: AMP Global
Trading: MES
Frequency: Several times daily
Duration: Minutes
Posts: 845 since Jul 2022
Thanks Given: 905
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ES trade of the day-
# of contracts traded: 1
Long or Short: Long
Time: 18:12
Entry @3631.25
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Was a stop order used to exit: Yes, 3 tick stop
Loss:-$37.50
October 10th, 2022, 05:00 PM
Maryland, US
Legendary Market Wizard
Experience: Beginner
Platform: Sierra Chart
Broker: AMP Global
Trading: MES
Frequency: Several times daily
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1.95 million ES contracts traded today.
October 12th, 2022, 11:56 AM
Maryland, US
Legendary Market Wizard
Experience: Beginner
Platform: Sierra Chart
Broker: AMP Global
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The market seems to like 3600 on the ES lately. Here is my ES trade for the day.
# of contracts traded: 1
Direction: Long
Entry @3597, 10:44 am EST
Exit @3596.25, 10:44 am EST
Loss: -$37.50
October 12th, 2022, 04:29 PM
Maryland, US
Legendary Market Wizard
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P/E ratio for the SP500 running at about 19x
October 12th, 2022, 05:41 PM
Maryland, US
Legendary Market Wizard
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Platform: Sierra Chart
Broker: AMP Global
Trading: MES
Frequency: Several times daily
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1.89 million ES contracts traded today.
October 12th, 2022, 06:15 PM
Maryland, US
Legendary Market Wizard
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I am much more disciplined trading the ES over the MES.
October 12th, 2022, 06:38 PM
Maryland, US
Legendary Market Wizard
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I use a 3 tick stop. I hold my winners until end of day. I keep it to one trade a day.
October 13th, 2022, 06:23 AM
United Kingdom
Elite_Member
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: Bookmap DOM Pro
Broker: Stage 5, CQG Continuum
Trading: US Equity Index Futures
Posts: 1,250 since Sep 2013
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blackgrey45
If you're going to be recording daily volume each day, personally I would look at the Volume & Open Interest chart on the CME website. Just a thought.
https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/equities/sp/e-mini-sandp500.volume.html
You do not win as a trader, you just get to play again the next day. If that game doesn’t appeal to you then you should not trade. Gary Norden
Last Updated on August 12, 2024