Recent content by hart3000

dcraig -- Thank you very much for your advice. Might be obvious to you but is very valuable for me. Now I understand better why it is so important to limit the risk (max regular loss) of each futures trade to less than 2.5% of portfolio. In my setup, I am usually trading with a 20 DAX points...

Thanks dcraig, Very helpful comment. Actally, I am really talking about futures trading. Intention is exploring the risks. On one hand, market liquidity for major futures is excellent (much better than at spread betting or CFD market makers, I suppose). On the other hand, you can't get...

What is the maximum slippage anyone experienced with a stop loss on a heavily traded future such as the DAX (assuming a position of say, 10,000 Euro per point)? Would be great to get a feeling, how many points (percent) one could miss a stop loss order in a mass panic (such as 1987) when...