Message-ID: <32354327.1075845212434.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 15:24:00 -0700 (PDT) From: hottoday@ctstrader.com To: hottodayfutures@ctstrader.com Subject: CTS Hot Today: FUTURES - May the 31st, 2001 Cc: hottodayfutures2@ctstrader.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bcc: hottodayfutures2@ctstrader.com X-From: hottoday@ctstrader.com@ENRON X-To: hottodayfutures@ctstrader.com X-cc: hottodayfutures2@ctstrader.com X-bcc: X-Folder: \Lewis, Andrew H.\Lewis, Andrew H.\Deleted Items X-Origin: LEWIS-A X-FileName: Lewis, Andrew H..pst Please visit http://CTSTrader.com The Internet's Premier site for Recommendations, Education, and powerful charts & tools! For subscribe or unsubscribe instructions, please see the bottom of this message. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- HotToday: Futures - http://ctsTrader.com ______May the 31st, 2001__________ ------------------------------------------------------- CTS HOT TODAY: FUTURES By Nick Van Nice ------------------------------------------------------- _________Volume 3, Number 106___________ Good morning everyone, the purpose of CTS Hot Today: Futures is to help you prepare for the trading day ahead. -------------------------------------------------------- Nick's Trading Tip of the Day (05/31) -------------------------------------------------------- "What I wished I knew before trading my first account" 1. Trading is more about consistency and money management than method. 2. Having a structured trading method helps reduce emotional decision making and that helps you be more consistent. 3. Most of the time, markets are not trending. Therefore, having a dynamic portfolio based on a some sort of trend or breakout criteria is essential. 4. Winning on a high percentage of trades is important because it lowers your risk of ruin. Having a low percentage of winners like most position trading systems have, leads to higher risk and a higher degree of difficulty to trade. 5. You can make money swing trading and having a profit/loss ratio near 1.5 to 1. It was my belief that I needed a profit/loss ratio of 3 to 1 or better that cost me my first account. 6. There is no way to predict which markets will be next years big winners. Therefore, having a dynamic portfolio method, like the CTS Futures Selector is key to catching the big moves with a smaller account! 7. I wish somebody would have told me about the 2% risk per trade rule, and that it can work with a small account. You must trade Mid-ams spreads and options, but it does work and you must figure out how to keep losses small. The 2% rule says that you should keep trade losses to 2% of your account balance. For example, a 10,000 account should keep losses to $200. That's right $200! You can do this through the use of trading the smaller markets with Mid-am contracts or with spreads in the bigger markets. For example, you can trade interest rate futures using Mid-am Notes, Eurodollar calls or the MID-AM Nob spread (ten year - 30 year bonds) and get plenty of staying power. These are all serious strategies that can pay off handsomely. During my first account, I was trading full size bonds and currencies and losing 10% per trade....no surpirse, the account did not last long. I hope you can learn from my mistakes and leverage this wisdom into your profits. N ***** ANOTHER MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CTS ***** Are YOU ready for S.T.A.R.? S.T.A.R. stands for "Short-Term Accelerated Returns" and it is an educational video course unlike any other. 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There is no guarantee that systems, indicators, or trading signals will result in profits or that they will not result in losses. All traders are advised to fully understand all risks associated with any kind of trading they choose to do. ------------------------------------------------------ Key Technical Developments (close of 05/31) ------------------------------------------------------- The June British Pound is at a key junture! Hourly stochastics are overbought again and the recent recovery appears corrective. A drop below the recent lows opens the door to big downside potential. Gold dropped $9 oz and is testing key support at 265! If prices can stabilize near current levels, then we could see a resumption of the uptrend. The market phsychology at a wave 2 low is often more bearish than the ultimate low. December Eurodollars are trading at a 40 point discount to September. 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June the 1st 8:30 am ET May non-farm payrolls - est -25k Unemployment rate - 4.5% 10:00 am ET April construction spending - est .1% May NAPM - est 43.5 _____________________________________________ I hope you found today's message helpful. Your partner in futures trading, Nick Van Nice P.S. E-mail me your comments to: nvannice@ctsinternet.com ------------------------------------------------------- House Keeping Notes ------------------------------------------------------- CTS HotToday: Futures is a free service for subscribers of CTS Financial Publishing and ctsTrader.com. If you do not wish to receive CTS HotToday: Futures, it's easy to unsubscribe. Simply, follow the instructions at the bottom of this email. Please address your comments and suggestions for this column to me at nvannice@ctsTrader.com SPECIAL NOTICE: There is a sister version of this e-zine for stock traders called CTS Hot Today: Stocks. 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