here is a screengrab of my actual trade. image The MES is a micro product which equates to 1/10th of the mini. So each tick is $1.25 In hindsight it looks like I should have kept with the mini's and made $4000 today. I wish I had. But the reality ...

Becoming A TopStep Trader 2020

Last of the Fed Speakers - Price got held up while we waited for Fed Williams to speak image Thank you very much. image

Becoming A TopStep Trader 2020

image anytime, you take a trade based on H4/D1 analysis, but you enter on am5/m15/m30 chart. You have to trade that higher time frame analysis. Or You have to trade in the direction of the higher time frame analysis and stick to the entry time ...

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this is why we get to Break Even or take profits at 1:1 image

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something a little different - going to try and show a target and SL etc. image probably best to get to break even or lighten up and pay the trader. image

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image Automatic SL got triggered at BE. I am thinking of turning this off as many many times, price will test my entry before heading off in the direction of my trade. Hence why I entered again. I still believed in the trade. image

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image Someone can trade off this and make money - which goes to show you can make money in these markets in a bazillion different ways. All comes down to money management.

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image A quick $100 in the Oil Aided by the heatmap image Going with the Risk On or Risk Off moves helps with the intraday scalps

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I need to step away from screens, so I have put the SL to Break Even. This means I'll probably get stopped out Let that be a warning to you all why you should take the money, not be greedy and stop getting to Break Even. image

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image As the men in suits are still chatting - dropped down to a micro 5 minute chart - micro going to see if we get a move higher now image

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it didn't even touch the sides, so that was a lot of small orders all bunched up image

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Thank you @HiddenGap. Fingers crossed I can do the sitting bit and not the ending of my life bit

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Excuse the losing trade, I moved my SL to early However, as you can see around the 3022 I still have a Bell sign. image You'll also see that I closed out on the swing low, something that I have been trying to do forever. Who wants to give any ...

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So we filled that gap As someone is reading this, thank you kind person. I feel I should keep trying to improve my explanations. As the market can move quite quickly and keeping an eye on the DOM is one thing whilst placing a horizontal line ...

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If we close the Gap early, we could see a continuation higher image

Becoming A TopStep Trader 2020

Looking through the CME web site - I found this study. Interesting to see the depth of the book pre the crash, then the spike in sellers, and the demise of buyers in the peak of the crash. Now it seems we are unable to get much volume back into the ...

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The June & Sep contracts on the ES are trading similar volume on Friday - going to roll forward to September on Monday. image

Becoming A TopStep Trader 2020