I'm currently in the process of researching and selecting a commodities market to trade on those days.

On these days I've found that the market can move abruptly at random points in time using the Fed activity that day as an excuse.

Powell speaking is why it happened. I have a policy of not trading the ES on days of FOMC press conference, FOMC minutes release, or when the Fed Ch...

Skunk stop is a swing trading concept. For scalps Al would exit far quicker at the slightest hint of trouble or disappointment, and not wait for a sig...

I have a really stupid question, because I've never traded anything other than index futures. When I look at the CME ZS quote page, I see price quot...

Just so I understand, are you saying CME or international brokers like IB have different margin requirements for countries like Sweden?

Retail traders trade CFDs usually because they are underfunded. Are you underfunded? If that is the case, you should stop trading real money until y...

This is how February 23 unfolded for me. I sold below bar 4 because it was a failed bull breakout of the Globex high. Stop was above 4. I covered wh...

Thanks Hardy, I'll tinker with my rules and report back in a few months. Regarding adding to my winners, it's something I've always done and enj...

Thanks. Most of those rules are actually what Al advocates, for example get out scalp size below / above any bar, get out below / above a strong bar a...

Also another rule I forgot to add: Do not add any further if the market has given at least one bar against at any time during the trade.

Thanks for taking the time to write you answer Abir. Very much appreciated. I thought about trading only the second half once a reversal situati...

I’d say overall I am profitable in the first half trades, but once a week I take more damage than I should and have to rely on the swing trade in the ...

It's the same reason why volume is thin around public holidays. People who watch the algos are off to the Bahamas, leaving the algos to trade a fracti...