Thursday, March 12, 2009

ES Trade 3/11 - Scalping Setup

Above's my scalp. Went in at higher MSL, trigger candle is an inside bar, entered 0.25 point above trigger, stop loss at 0.25 below.

This is one of the patterns that I'll BUY. I don't care if price will break out of range, coz I always get out before price hits resistance. It's a scalp after all.

3 comments:

Discount Futures Trading said...

so your maximum loss is 0.50 point, correct?

E-Mini Player said...

Looks like the stop-loss is set at 2 pts away from entry, so max-loss on this trade would be 2.00 pts. You could probably set tighter stops on a momentum play such as this one.

Jules said...

Yes, Emini Player, it's 2 points away. All based on candle and chart setup.
If I were tapereading, I would scratch at less than a point. The basis of my entry would have been different and hence the exit would be different too.
My reward to risk ratio has always been less than 1 for scalping, I'm ok with risking 2 points for a less than 2 point gain.