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Trading is like that: Lots of boring peanuts, lots of smaller bills, sometimes an
unexpectedly larger one, and once in while just when you were most afraid a
larger cake that makes up for all the losses combined.
Re stops, I almost never change my stops, but indeed came to this rule because of
the same feelings...
Gwenn
Scaletrade@xxxxxxx wrote:
> In a message dated 01/24/2000 10:29:39 PM EST, bheisler@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > How did you do trading 1-lots when the ND had a 263 point range and the S&P
> > had a 62 point range?
>
> Did just fine today...caught 40 points in the S&P with a one lot. Bailed out
> after about 13 points, decided to forget trying to fine tune retracements,
> and just got back in. Wish I had the account size to trade with 1 SP or 5
> minis (equivalent money), unfortunately I did it with 1 mini. Wish it had
> been more today, of course. More days like today and I'll be able to
> increase my stake. Trading one lot, I have mostly little winners and little
> losers, but once in a while like today, a big winner. Trading the e-mini has
> been a lot easier since my broker switched over to letting me send orders
> straight to a machine, giving me near instantaneous fills. When I had to
> change my stops through a person, I always hesitated to call them...hated to
> bother them for a small change, so I lost money. Now the computer never
> complains.
>
> Larry
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