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Date/Time: Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:49:51 +0000
Post From: Large gap between market order price and entry point around 10 index points away...?
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| User536942 - Posts: 2 |
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This was my first real trade in Sierra Chart and ever. Some background on the set up. AMP Futures Brokers Data Feed Teton CME Routing MESU26 MICRO E MINI S&P 500 FUTURES I am quite far away in Australia currently 202Mbps Down and 37.3Mbps Up Internet Speeds. I was waiting for opening after relatively good jobs data pre market opening. There was an initial sell off and I was expecting a rally which came. This market can move suddenly at opening so I expect some lag in the trade. On Simulation it enters exactly where I execute a market order and I have gotton used this in practice. I bought 5 contracts at a point of increasing buy activity. The trade executed and looked to be in the right place with a flash of green momentarily and then the position of the trade appeared around 10 index points higher in the red. I didn't know what was going on but the market at this time is very volatile and after seeing the ferocity of the movements I flattened the trade and lost 17.50P. I tried again but with 1 contract and the entry was still around 10 points higher than the price. I don't think this is a commission deduction as it was so far away for the market price, but I'm not sure. Are my setings wrong? I missed out, I would have caught around 30 points with 30 contracts if it was simulation (which does happen in SIM). Can someone please help me understand this. If you are that far away from price at entry with a market order you can't really make money as a scalper and need to run the risk of going a lot longer to hit profit... |