Hey Raul,
I agree with you that this website is attracting good people willing to share. I certainly gravitate to your posts as well.
I do have a few questions for you, or anyone else, and apologize if this is off-topic for this thread. I currently daytrade the ES and swing trade the Euro. I also plan on adding some more markets to my trading repertoire. These markets include 30-Yr Bonds, Crude Oil, and Gold. I also follow the YM during the day because it is highly correlated with the ES, but I trade the ES. Someday I will try trading the YM instead.
Anyway, here are my questions...
- Do you plan to stop trading Crude Oil? If so, why?
- Do you daytrade or swing/position trade?
- When you do trade energy, do you trade the pit-traded or electronically-traded contracts?
- Would you recommend only dealing with electronically-traded futures because of slippage, etc?
- What other markets do you trade? Do you trade agricultural commodities?
- What other markets would you recommend trading?
I would like to hear from folks who have traded markets other than the index futures. I only plan on daytrading the ES and Bonds, and swing trading (i.e., hold up to a week or so) the other markets. By the way, is the 10-Yr Notes better to trade than the 30-Yr Bonds? I think following other markets to swing trade when they are about to move is a good way to enhance my trade plan without requiring too much more effort. Thoughts?