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  • #12,741
  • Mar 30, 2020 10:08pm Mar 30, 2020 10:08pm
What a month this has been !
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  • #12,742
  • Mar 31, 2020 2:11am Mar 31, 2020 2:11am
Amp, cqg, s&p micro - insufficient margin. Bored, fed up. Guess I'll just have to wait or stick some more money in.
'in less than half an hour he made over 100 ticks'
  • #12,743
  • Mar 31, 2020 2:18am Mar 31, 2020 2:18am
Quoting onejester
Amp, cqg, s&p micro - insufficient margin. Bored, fed up. Guess I'll just have to wait or stick some more money in.

AMP has adjusted day trade margin for mini but you can trade with micro

https://www.ampfutures.com/trading-info/margins/
  • #12,744
  • Mar 31, 2020 4:00am Mar 31, 2020 4:00am
Thanks. I was on S&P Micro. I will try at different times though.

Quoting goma
a couple of sim trades this morning. slippage on both micro trades.
Historically never experienced any slippage (that I couldn't deal with) in sim with micro NQ or S&P. When I went live, I got slippage I didn't anticipate. Which is why I kind of had to go back to the drawing board. One thing I will say about the S&P is that there is more movement in the bars before it goes directional. With the NQ, it just goes off in comparison. I have to say, I prefer that. And this why (imho) I think it is good to stick to one market.
'in less than half an hour he made over 100 ticks'
  • #12,745
  • Mar 31, 2020 5:29am Mar 31, 2020 5:29am
Quoting onejester
Thanks. I was on S&P Micro. I will try at different times though. {quote} Historically never experienced any slippage (that I couldn't deal with) in sim with micro NQ or S&P. When I went live, I got slippage I didn't anticipate. Which is why I kind of had to go back to the drawing board. One thing I will say about the S&P is that there is more movement in the bars before it goes directional. With the NQ, it just goes off in comparison. I have to say, I prefer that. And this why (imho) I think it is good to stick to one market.
I had the same surprise experience of slippage with stop orders on NQ live using cqg. I have heard rithmic is better.
On ES with cqg i havent had slippage live (the liquidity is just better).
But i havent traded live during this chaotic market time of low liquidity. Been on the sidelines with SIM
  • #12,746
  • Mar 31, 2020 8:26am Mar 31, 2020 8:26am
Quoting onejester
Amp, cqg, s&p micro - insufficient margin. Bored, fed up. Guess I'll just have to wait or stick some more money in.
Just got an email where they lowered it again. Not back to regular, but lower
  • #12,747
  • Mar 31, 2020 11:26am Mar 31, 2020 11:26am
Thanks buddy, I got it too.

Micro E-mini S&P 500MESCME/Globex$1,200.00$120.00
Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100MNQCME/Globex$1,500.00$150.00

Watched the russell today but it is lower on volume compared to what I'm used to. Guess I'll have to sit tight...
'in less than half an hour he made over 100 ticks'
  • #12,748
  • Mar 31, 2020 11:49am Mar 31, 2020 11:49am
well this has been a fantastic month. candles were huge so i had to adapt not the setup but the MM so went to 48 tick target and stop so i could make same money and also lower commission. there were a few nights when volume was high i traded first hour of asian session but when they increased margin i went to 1 contract 96 tick target and stop. i used up 5 stop to +2 when up 40 in day session lock in 24 to at least get a 1/2 win at night up 80 lock in 48 total 32 wins 2 losses heres todays action
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  • #12,749
  • Mar 31, 2020 12:12pm Mar 31, 2020 12:12pm
Quoting Divergence
well this has been a fantastic month. candles were huge so i had to adapt not the setup but the MM so went to 48 tick target and stop so i could make same money and also lower commission. there were a few nights when volume was high i traded first hour of asian session but when they increased margin i went to 1 contract 96 tick target and stop. i used up 5 stop to +2 when up 40 in day session lock in 24 to at least get a 1/2 win at night up 80 lock in 48 total 32 wins 2 losses heres todays action {image}
Well done man. Green with envy
'in less than half an hour he made over 100 ticks'
  • #12,750
  • Mar 31, 2020 1:15pm Mar 31, 2020 1:15pm
Quoting Divergence
well this has been a fantastic month. candles were huge so i had to adapt not the setup but the MM so went to 48 tick target and stop so i could make same money and also lower commission. there were a few nights when volume was high i traded first hour of asian session but when they increased margin i went to 1 contract 96 tick target and stop. i used up 5 stop to +2 when up 40 in day session lock in 24 to at least get a 1/2 win at night up 80 lock in 48 total 32 wins 2 losses heres todays action {image}
great work Harold well done .. for first trade how come you didn't take initial 123 :

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  • #12,751
  • Mar 31, 2020 2:22pm Mar 31, 2020 2:22pm
Quoting erasmus66
{quote} great work Harold well done .. for first trade how come you didn't take initial 123 : {image}
if you look at my chart my candles look different than yours. its either you have cqg of is it micro char?
  • #12,752
  • Mar 31, 2020 6:31pm Mar 31, 2020 6:31pm
Quoting Divergence
well this has been a fantastic month. candles were huge so i had to adapt not the setup but the MM so went to 48 tick target and stop so i could make same money and also lower commission. there were a few nights when volume was high i traded first hour of asian session but when they increased margin i went to 1 contract 96 tick target and stop. i used up 5 stop to +2 when up 40 in day session lock in 24 to at least get a 1/2 win at night up 80 lock in 48 total 32 wins 2 losses heres todays action {image}
Top work as usual.
  • #12,753
  • Apr 1, 2020 3:51am Apr 1, 2020 3:51am
Quoting Divergence
{quote} if you look at my chart my candles look different than yours. its either you have cqg of is it micro char?
yes very strange .. my chart is emini and data feed is rithmic .. maybe the 20 sec window starts at different time
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  • #12,754
  • Apr 1, 2020 3:52am Apr 1, 2020 3:52am
i'll post chart after today's session
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  • #12,755
  • Apr 1, 2020 6:49am Apr 1, 2020 6:49am
Quoting erasmus66
i'll post chart after today's session
check chart setting is new bar at session open checked? if yes uncheck i normally dont trade wednesday was bored and only would trade first 20 minutes
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  • #12,756
  • Apr 1, 2020 7:07am Apr 1, 2020 7:07am
i've got the following settings:

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  • #12,757
  • Apr 1, 2020 7:28am Apr 1, 2020 7:28am
Quoting erasmus66
i've got the following settings: {image}
i dont have fill gaps maybe thats the difference i also have load sunday
  • #12,758
  • Apr 1, 2020 7:45am Apr 1, 2020 7:45am
Quoting Divergence
{quote} i dont have fill gaps maybe thats the difference i also have load sunday
ok great thanks Harold .. will try those changes .. think these were your trades on my chart:

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  • #12,759
  • Apr 1, 2020 7:49am Apr 1, 2020 7:49am
Quoting erasmus66
{quote} ok great thanks Harold .. will try those changes .. think these were your trades on my chart: {image}
yes those were my trades
  • #12,760
  • Apr 1, 2020 8:16am Apr 1, 2020 8:16am
my chart looks the same after changes .. thanks for your help Harold:

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