Part 3 · lesson 2 of 3

You watch a week spend it, at two different sizes.

About 7 minutes.

Whose numbers these are

You have not picked a firm yet. So the figures below come from one firm’s published rules. Each one is named and dated where it appears. Pick a firm and the same lesson runs on your own numbers.

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The same week, driven at whatever size you pick. Nothing about the trading changes — only how fast the room goes.

When the line moves up

Profit that is still open raises the line. Give it back and the line stays where it got to.

At 1 contracts the account never reaches its line. Its closest approach is $1,500. A stop 12 ticks away risks $15 on one trade.

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Session by session
PointAccountThe lineRoom left
Session 1, best point$50,190$48,190$2,000
Session 1, worst point$49,930$48,190$1,740
Session 1, close$50,120$48,190$1,930
Session 2, best point$50,280$48,280$2,000
Session 2, worst point$50,050$48,280$1,770
Session 2, close$50,210$48,280$1,930
Session 3, best point$50,280$48,280$2,000
Session 3, worst point$50,000$48,280$1,720
Session 3, close$50,070$48,280$1,790
Session 4, best point$50,140$48,280$1,860
Session 4, worst point$49,890$48,280$1,610
Session 4, close$49,960$48,280$1,680
Session 5, best point$50,030$48,280$1,750
Session 5, worst point$49,810$48,280$1,530
Session 5, close$49,880$48,280$1,600
Session 6, best point$49,950$48,280$1,670
Session 6, worst point$49,780$48,280$1,500
Session 6, close$49,850$48,280$1,570

The price path is generated. A micro contract is one-tenth the size of a mini, so the same number of ticks costs a tenth as much: on MES one tick is $1.25, against $12.50 on ES.

That is the end of this one.

Next: You pick a size that survives being wrong five times.