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    Trading Knee Jerk Reaction To News

    Thanks, i learned my lesson haha. Tried it again today with a normal amount of leverage and i went well. So hopefully, i have learned and improved. And yes, the leverage was very dumb of me, its one of those things that i cant even defend in hindsight.
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    Trading Knee Jerk Reaction To News

    Hey George, we trade them on CME Globex as currency pairs, so i would imagine you should be able to find them...We also trade Eurex.
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    Trading Knee Jerk Reaction To News

    Welcome back! Im sure you missed the weather haha. Regarding the mini contract, one of the managers is trading it himself right now to see how it trades, low liquidity is a worry for them. We trade currencies as futures contracts. Cable may be a nice addition to your currency arsenal, i trade...
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    Trading Knee Jerk Reaction To News

    Yes, stupidly doubled my leverage for that one trade. Thinking back i think that was my downfall. I was spooked much more easily as i know the stakes were higher. I only post this thread because tomorrow there will be data and on friday there is NFP data, and my confidence in trading news has...
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    Trading Knee Jerk Reaction To News

    Hi all, (This is for intraday) Just wanted to get an opinion on a certain type of trade. Normally I am a trader who looks for high probability set ups, rarely going for aggressive breakouts, and instead patiently waiting for retracements to solid levels. However in the last month or so i had...
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    Trading T-Note Futures

    Surprisingly about 2 months, but i do have a decent investing knowledge which i guess helps rather than being completely new to it. As for the multiple products, the firm really focuses on macroeconomics, correlations and fundamental factors. So we've been taught to really watch how each product...
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    Trading T-Note Futures

    Hi all, First post here but hoping to learn plenty! I work at a prop trading firm in london, 2 months in, so far i am relatively consistent in my trading thankfully (still not making the big money just yet) however my risk manager told me that i should trade T-Notes as they would suit my...
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