Building Your E-Mini Trading Strategy

Building Your E-mini Trading Strategy......Page 3
CME E-mini NASDAQ-100® Futures Average Daily Volume ......Page 6
OPTIONS on CME E-mini™ S&P 500® Futures Average Daily Volume ......Page 7
OPTIONS on CME E-mini™ S&P 500® Futures Month End Open Interest:  ......Page 8
CME and Growth of Electronic Trading......Page 9
CME E-mini™ FUTURES Contract Specifications......Page 12
How are E-Mini S&P 500 profits and losses calculated?......Page 13
How are CME E-Mini NASDAQ-100 profits and losses calculated?......Page 14
E-mini FUTURES COMPARED TO SPDRS......Page 15
E-mini FUTURES COMPARED TO SPDRS (Cont'd)......Page 16
CME eFX Futures Average Daily Volume......Page 17
TRADING CME FX FUTURES......Page 18
TRADING CME FX FUTURES......Page 19
How are Euro Currency profits and losses calculated?......Page 20
How are E-Mini Currency profits and losses calculated?......Page 21
Section 2: DETERMINE YOUR TRADING TIME FRAME......Page 22
Section 3:  SELECT TRADING APPROACH......Page 23
Section 4: CREATE YOUR TRADING STRATEGY......Page 24
TREND ANALYSIS......Page 25
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JAPANESE CANDLE CHARTS......Page 39
Japanese Candle Construction......Page 40
Japanese Candle Shadow Development......Page 41
Japanese Candle Shadow Development (Cont’d)......Page 42
Japanese Candle Shadow Development (Cont’d)......Page 44
Japanese Candle Shadow Development (Cont’d)......Page 45
Japanese Candle Shadow Development (Cont’d)......Page 46
Japanese Candle Shadow Development (Cont’d)......Page 47
Candle Pattern Development......Page 48
Candle Characteristics......Page 49
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Candle Global Environment......Page 62
Candle Global Environment  (Cont'd)......Page 63
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Candle Global Environment  (Cont'd)......Page 69
Candle Global Environment  (Cont'd)......Page 70
POTENTIAL OUTCOMES OF A TREND REVERSAL PATTERN......Page 71
Essential Considerations When Combining Technical Trading Techniques......Page 72
Essential Considerations When Combining Technical Trading Techniques (Cont'd)......Page 73
Section 5:  ESTABLISH YOUR TRADING STRATEGY  PARAMETERS......Page 74
ESTABLISH YOUR TRADING STRATEGY PARAMETERS (Cont'd)......Page 75
ESTABLISH YOUR TRADING STRATEGY PARAMETERS (Cont'd)......Page 76
ESTABLISH YOUR TRADING STRATEGY PARAMETERS (Cont'd)......Page 77
ESTABLISH YOUR TRADING STRATEGY PARAMETERS (Cont'd)......Page 78
Section 6: MEASURE THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR        TRADING STRATEGY......Page 79
MEASURE THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR TRADING STRATEGY (Cont'd)......Page 80
MEASURE THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR TRADING STRATEGY (Cont'd)......Page 81
MEASURE THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR TRADING STRATEGY (Cont'd)......Page 82
MEASURE THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR TRADING STRATEGY (Heat Index Range Cont'd)......Page 83
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MEASURE THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR TRADING STRATEGY (Heat Index Range Cont'd)......Page 88
MEASURE THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR TRADING STRATEGY (Cont'd)......Page 89
MEASURE THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR TRADING STRATEGY (Cont'd)......Page 90
Section 7: IMPLEMENT YOUR TRADING STRATEGY......Page 91
THE ESSENTIAL STEPS IN THE TRADING PROCESS.......Page 92
Identify and Evaluate the Trade......Page 93
Identify and Evaluate the Trade  (Cont'd)......Page 94
Trade Execution and Management......Page 95
Evaluate and Monitor the Trading Decision Process......Page 96
Evaluate and Monitor the Trading Decision Process (Cont’d)......Page 97
Evaluate and Monitor the Trading Decision Process (Cont’d)......Page 98
Evaluate and Monitor the Trading Decision Process (Cont’d)......Page 99
Evaluate and Monitor the Trading Decision Process (Cont’d)......Page 100
Evaluate and Monitor the Trading Decision Process (Cont’d)......Page 101
TRADING IN THE EYE OF THE STORM......Page 102
How does a trader stay in the eye of storm?......Page 103
THOUGHTS......Page 104
THOUGHT CHOICE......Page 105
THOUGHT ENERGY......Page 106
IDENTIFYING YOUR NEGATIVE THOUGHT DEMONS......Page 107
IDENTIFYING YOUR NEGATIVE THOUGHT DEMONS......Page 108
NEGATIVE THOUGHT DEMONS JOURNAL......Page 109
NEGATIVE THOUGHT DEMONS JOURNAL (Cont’d)......Page 110
NEGATIVE THOUGHT DEMONS JOURNAL (Cont’d)......Page 111
THOUGHT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES......Page 112
The Consultant Technique......Page 113
The Consultant Technique (Cont’d)......Page 114
Situation Control Recognition Technique......Page 115
Situation Control Recognition Technique (Cont'd)......Page 116
Remember, it is always within your power to change.......Page 117
PHYSICAL RESPONSE......Page 118
PHYSICAL RESPONSE (Cont'd)......Page 119
HOW TO BECOME AND STAY CALM AND FOCUSED......Page 120