The E-Mini Pit
If you currently trade, or are interested in learning to trade, the CME E-Minis, this thread is for you. As opposed to just another market direction discussion thread, our focus here will be on providing a traders resource of specific information on the E-Minis, including discussions of brokers, trading platforms, order types, trading methodologies, money management techniques, futures-specific tax issues, etc. In addition, please post your trades, but please include your reasoning, so we can all learn. Links to charts, articles, seminars, and other message boards dealing with E-Minis or futures trading are encouraged. Also, please check this original post from time to time to see any new links we post here and to check out The Post of the Day, which will be selected from daily contributions to the board.
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A Few Thread Guidelines:
This is a moderated thread, so please respect these few posting guidelines:
1. Please stay on topic. If you want to discuss corn, beans, or stocks, there are lots of other threads for those.
2. Please no bashing, profanity, or boasting. Show respect for the folks who wish to post here. Help out the new folks who want to learn.
3. If posting trades or market predictions, please tell us why you are taking that position.
4. Have fun, and help us make this board a valuable resource to Futures Traders.
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POST OF THE WEEKEND:
TO THE BOARD:
I would like to solicit input from posters and lurkers alike on a question of making the board most useful to everyone, recognizing that there are various types of users of this thread. Over the last two trading days, there were about 500 posts on the thread and several people have commented on how it is becoming very difficult to keep up with the thread and/or find the types of posts that they are interested in. Basically, we have the posts which relate to general information on futures, brokers, trading platforms, charting systems, trading methods and psychology, and general market direction analysis. Then we have the newly emerging "Live Trading Room" elements where daytraders compare notes (sometimes voluminously) during trading hours on what they are seeing and the trades that they are making, etc.
Both categories of posting information fit the intent of the thread and I think we are getting high-quality posting in both categories, but several have suggested that the thread would be more manageable and "user-friendly" if we could do something to seperate the two aspects somehow.
Therefore, what I would like to ask the community of this board to comment on is the following suggestion for a change in the thread guidelines:
Would you favor a thread guideline that requests that posts of a general nature be limited to non-trading hours (say the hours of 5PM - 8AM Weekdays, plus Weekends) and that posts during Regular Trading Hours be reserved for the "Live Trading Room" activity.
This will allow those who are mainly interested in the general discussion posts to skip over manymany posts made during trading hours and will also allow the day traders to have a focused forum during RTH for real-time market and trade discussion.
Please cast your vote on this proposal by either responding to this message or via PM to me. I will ask for comments to be submitted by Wednesday evening, the 27th, after which I will communicate the consensus of the community.
Thanks to all who have made this board a success and I appreciate all the help I can get in making it a better thread for all users.
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Key Links for E-Mini Traders:
E-Mini Contract Specifications:
cme.com
E-Mini FAQ: cme.com
Register for Free E-Mini Real-Time Quotes:
realtime.barchart.com
E-Mini Charts (Delayed): futuresource.com
Information on Futures Brokers: elitetrader.com
Futures Trading Free Seminars: zapfutures.com
NFA Home Page: nfa.futures.org
Louis Lambrecht's Pivot Lines Spreadsheet: lvlamb.itgo.com
Tax Site for Investors and Traders: board.fairmark.com
CME 2002 Holiday Calendar: cme.com |
