Live Trading Room - The Movie

A Day In Our Live Emini Trading Room

Filmed On Location: The CFRN Virtual Trading Floor

What you are about to see is REEL. The names have not been changed to protect the innocent. There are no innocent. There is no Hollywood glamour and no Manhattan hedge fund fantasies. This is the gritty underside of the belly of the beast. These are the men and women who really make it happen, the longshoremen of Emini Futures Trading.

Believe what you will, the footage you are about to view is not for the weak at heart. We were reminded of the following earlier this week by one of our hosts: 

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Introducing The Emini Pop Up Chat For Traders

CFRN "Pop-Up" Chat - Neighborhood Outreach For Emini Traders

Tonight was our first impromptu, random gathering on the web and quite frankly, it went rather well. As someone who by nature is organizationally challenged, what better way to fulfill my calling without having to adhere to some rigorous schedule rubber stamped by The Man. Thanks to those who Popped-In and made it possible.

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Benefits Of Trading Emini Futures - Part 2

The Benefits Of Trading Emini Futures - Part 2

We covered a lot of ground in the first article. Let's recap what we've discussed so far:

• Liquidity is never a problem
• No $25K minimum account balance for daytraders
• Margins as low as $500 intra-day
• 100% electronic means no front running, pump and dump or other shenanigans
• Taxes are based on the 60/40 split given to commodity traders

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Coaches Corner - Habits And Patterns | Episode #7

Coaches Corner - Habits Or Patterns? Emini Trading Tips

What to Keep and What to Change

Habit - an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary: the habit of looking both ways before crossing the street.

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Emini Podcast | Episode #1,587

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Emini Podcast for Friday 02/01/13

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Emini Podcast for Thursday 01/31/13

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Benefits Of Trading Emini Futures

Benefits Of Trading Emini Futures Compared To Stocks

We all have unique financial situations including account size and varying levels of experience in whatever markets we have traded in the past. In this article we will cover a few of the reasons why Emini Futures have become one of the most popular trading vehicles worldwide.

If you have a reason that I've not listed, please share it with our readers using the comment box below.

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How To Handle A Losing Trade

Sneeze Or Earthquake? How To Handle A Losing Trade

If you are confident in what you are doing taking a losing trade is like a sneeze.. you don't know when its coming, you don't like it when it happens, but it's over quickly and you move on subconsciously, knowing that your life and outlook has not changed because of the 'sneeze'

If you are NOT confident in what you are doing a losing trade can be like an earthquake.... again you don't know when its coming, you don't like it when it happens, it is over with quickly but the results that lie around you are a constant reminder that something went wrong.  Those results make you want to change what you are doing, where you choose to reside (in this case what trading room to be in) but there is always the nagging reality that the earthquake can and likely will still happen, over and over again..

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Fair Value | Can The S&P Futures Break the 1500 Barrier?

5 Year High Lands Inside Our Highest Weekly Trading Zone

The high of the the day, high of the week and the high of the last 5 years, landed inside our Highest Weekly Trading Zone @ 1499.25. The Zone was 1499/1500. If you are a new Partner, your Weekly Zones for the coming week and your access link for the Live Trading Room will arrive via email @ 6:15AM EST. 

Here's a look at the high on Friday - 

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