Absinthe day .... profits and a tinge of madness

Mark Sear • Mar 07, 2021

Volatile markets once again - but some nice results.  Day trade profits again.

The markets have been complete rock and roll this week.  Almost as if they have been drinking Absinthe, a drink that has a reputation for inducing madness.  Today was a little better.  Slightly less volatile but still difficult to trade for most players.  Inteligex traders have the edge of a super high probability day trading system, and today it paid off really well.


The markets remain volatile with the VIX well into the 20's so great care is required for all smaller traders (and we count ourselves in that category).  We were advising our regular traders and also our Sim2Funded trading combine InteliTraders to stick to trading micros today. 


We traded micros ourselves today and made an enjoyable $218 very quickly in the first hour of the markets being open.  Now this could, of course, have been $2180 trading minis, but the risk would have been just too much to take on board.   Our motto is "safety first".  Let's face it yo have to be in the game to have any chance of making the money you deserve.  So.  When in doubt either don't trade (we normally stop when the VIX hits 30) or switch to micros (we do this at about 25 on the VIX).  All part of learning to trade the way professionals trade.  Which you do with Inteligex and Sim2Funded.

Live trading track record @ 05 March 2021


First session US : +$218


72 trading days with consecutive profits.

225 winning trades, 9 losing, 5 break even.


Trading room profits since 4 Jan 2021:


+$25,674


Last 10 trades: LWLLLWWWWW


Note: we live trade a mix of mini and micro contracts on NQ/ES/YM


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