Tricky trade management, Part 2

If we now turn to the 3min NQ (see chart) and if you also look at the 3min Russell (not shown), both these markets were at DP support. Sp with this in mind, it would have been a good idea to look to protect at least some of your open profit on the 3min ES short trade. Especially as you had two -1R losses earlier in the day and we were expecting a hard day yesterday.

In this way, you could have come out of yesterday break-even, which is always a good result when it is a hard day.

This is all about gaining experience and “learning” to become a better and more experienced trader....

Thanks, Steve

Tricky trade management

Hi Everybody,

Today I would like to look at a short trade on the ES yesterday and how to manage it, especially as it was slightly tricky.

First, I would say that “normally” I would suggest sticking to the “standard” trade management guidelines if you are a Standard Trader. But my goal though these posts is to move you beyond this level to become a more experienced trader.

So here was the position yesterday. We had a good day the day before, so we should have been expecting a hard day yesterday so when we had two -1R losses early on, our aim should have been to look to get back to break-even for the day (as we were expecting a hard day). So my question is whether there were any signs to help you protect this 3rd good trade ? Normally we look to the DP form the minor Wave b low, but on the ES it had not quite got there............ But this is where we keep an eye on all the 4 E-minis.

Let’s take a look at the NQ in the next post

Thanks, Steve