What we’d like to do here is provide you with something of an e-mini strategies review. There are hordes of people out there today who want to “teach you” about e-mini trading. They have their own special systems or their own special takes on tried and true strategies. So, in our e-mini strategies review, we will tell you about all of the elements that you should demand to be present in any e-mini trading strategy system that you consider buying or adhering to.

First, the people who are offering the e-mini strategic system that you’re looking at should actually be traders. Their credentials should be researchable and verifiable, too. They should not be just those who offer some coded computer software program. They should know exactly what they are doing and be successful at doing it. Don’t buy any automated e-mini trading systems that are merely “robot run”. Computer coder geeks might be smart people, but precious few of them are successful e-mini day traders.

Second, don’t buy into any e-mini strategic trading course that tells you that it is “unrealistic” to make money every day with futures and commodities. Floor traders do it. Institutional investors do it. Now, that doesn’t mean that they never take losses-and never buy into any hyped-up system that tells you that lie, either! It’s just that you should never think that just because you had a great day yesterday, or the last two days, that today you’re “due” to take a loss. That’s nonsense. You should at least have a chance to have a profitable day regardless of what you did yesterday with any e-mini trading strategy that you buy into.

Third, don’t adhere to any trading strategy that demands that you buy a certain trading platform. Yes, trading platforms compete with each other, too, and you should compare and contrast them before selection. However, the point here is that if you “have to” or “should” buy a certain platform in order to use a particular strategic teaching system, there’s just too much probability that there’s a conflict of interests going on. Buy your platform and subscribe to your strategy independently of each other.

Next, never adhere to any strategy that tells you that you “can’t” trade for more than 90 minutes in one day. On top of that, never adhere to any strategy that tells you that you are “not allowed” to go for more than one point in a trading day with e-minis. Now, keep in mind that you’ll need to have the risk capital there to cover the potential loss. But, still, if you want to trade all day long and go for bigger gains, you should, assuming you possess an understanding of the risks involved and money management, never be told “no, you can’t”.

Finally, it should be made clear (and you should just understand) that you have to follow the rules to the letter, for any strategy. If you can’t do that, e-minis are not for you. Glorious trading be yours!

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