So you have decided that day trading stock is not for you and have chosen to learn how to trade eminis? Not surprisingly, you are not alone. Many traders who have struggled day trading stocks often find success in emini futures contract trading. One big difference between trading stocks and trading futures and what may be a factor on why futures traders prefer trading eminis over stocks is there is no effort required on the part of the futures trader to find new stocks to trade each day.

Although more volatile, futures do offer a level of comfort over time as the trader becomes accustomed to how emini contracts trade and react to market conditions. However, the biggest mistake new emini traders make is trading on emotion. Emotion is a large characteristic of the markets as a whole in terms of fear, complacency, greed, exuberance, hope with all of these being the Achilles Heel of the individual futures trader. Very often new traders execute trades in order to regain losses made on previous trades only to begin a cycle that ends ultimately in frustration and a empty brokerage account.

Using a system designed to be mechanical in nature that only allows for execution of a trade when certain parameters and criteria are met is the best way for a new trader to become successful at emini futures trading. Mechanical systems trading that rely only on mechanical functions are used by traders across all equity markets including stocks, options, futures and currency markets with success. Almost all top traders use some form of mechanical system whether using pivot points, support and resistance or an array of other chart patterns and indicators.