My Emini Trading Strategy – Start Here …

On this page is a growing series of feature articles, some with videos, that lay out my Emini trading strategy. The finished articles have "live" links (text turns blue when you hover your mouse over them). The unfinished articles are just titles at the moment.

The articles start from the beginning (why trade, what to trade, etc.) then tackle methodology (indicators, entries, etc.) and finally cover the practicalities (money management, software, brokers, etc.). I hope you find these articles helpful.

Why & What to Trade

  1. Trading: Do You Want The Good Or Bad News First?
  2. 5 Reasons Why You Must Learn to Trade
  3. Emini Futures – Why Trade S&P500 Emini Futures?
  4. Emini Futures – Essential Facts About Emini Futures
  5. ES, YM, ER2, NQ … Which Emini Should I Trade?

Which Indicators & Chart Types Work for Me

  1. Almost All Traders Make This Mistake: Multiple Correlated Indicators
  2. Are Your Indicators Leading or Lagging? (Or Why I Hate Moving Averages)
  3. Tick Charts: 5 Great Reasons to Use Tick Charts
  4. Hilbert Sine Wave – Don't Trade Cycles Without It !
  5. Momentum Indicator – Time To Update This Classic
  6. Better Volume – My Secret to Analyzing Volume
  7. How to Spot Professionals & Amateur Activity: The Pro-Am PaintBar
  8. Volume Patterns: A New Take on the Double Top

Entries & Exits

  1. How Do Markets Turn? The Anatomy of a Turning Point
  2. The Stopping Volume Pattern
  3. The No Demand Volume Pattern
  4. Trends & Cycles on Multiple Time Frames
  5. Uptrend or Downtrend? – 5 Market "Tells"
  6. Entries & Pulling the Trigger
  7. "Where's The Exit? … I Want Out"
  8. Trading Times to Avoid

Money Management, Discipline & Psychology

  1. Trader? Speculator? Gambler? – Which are You?
  2. How Much Capital Do I Really Need?
  3. Profit Targets vs. Trailing Stops – And the Winner Is …
  4. Deadly Sins: Learn From Your Mistakes
  5. How I Track My Trading Performance Using Excel

The Practicalities

  1. Charting Software & Why I Use TradeStation
  2. A Good Carpenter Knows His Tools – A Good Trader …
  3. TradeStation – 10 Time Saving Tips & Tricks
  4. Multiple Monitors: "57 Channels & Nothing On"
  5. My Chart Layout: K.I.S.S.
  6. Find the Cheapest Broker, Right?
  7. Planning for Disaster & Server Side Stops
  8. You Are Crazy If You Don’t Backup Offsite
  9. Catastrophe & Server Side Order Handling
  10. Emini Trading & Tax

Trading Longer Term & Trading Systems

  1. A Better TRIN Indicator
  2. Trading with the Better TRIN Indicators
  3. Commitment of Traders – Follow the Professionals !
  4. Bond Inter-Market Analysis & Indicators
  5. Market Hysteria and Major Turning Points

 

I hope these articles were helpful to you. Remember, you need to figure out your own trading strategy. These articles are just my perspective.

Good luck with your trading and developing your own Emini trading strategy.