{"id":55428,"date":"2016-07-10T00:05:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-10T07:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brookstradingcourse.com\/?p=55428"},"modified":"2018-03-25T03:56:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T10:56:10","slug":"trading-size-one-point-scalps-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/es\/ask-al\/trading-size-one-point-scalps-daily\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Al: Trading size with one or two one-point scalps a day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A few one-point scalps each day?<br \/>\n BPA trading room Q&amp;A: April 11, 2016<\/h2>\n<p class=\"content-box-green\">One-point scalps are a hot topic. Questions keep coming from traders so this extract gives more discussion along with chart scalp examples.<br \/>Question: In your first book you say that a person can make a decent living by taking a one point scalp, if they are trading enough size. Do you think it\u2019s Ok and realistic to have an objective of taking one or two one-point scalps a day?<br \/>\n <em>Video duration: 2min 00sec<\/em><\/p>\n<div style='position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%'><iframe class='sproutvideo-player' src='\/\/videos.sproutvideo.com\/embed\/7c9adfbb1318e6c4f4\/a023577cd362f96c?playerTheme=dark&amp;playerColor=' style='position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;top:0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">You can also view this video on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SCWp8g5v2M0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Al&#8217;s YouTube Channel<\/a> if needed.<\/p>\n<h3>Hard to scalp<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/scalping-bars.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/scalping-bars.jpg\" alt=\"scalping-bars\" width=\"235\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-55435\" title=\"\"><\/a>I think it\u2019s really hard to do. And in my career, I\u2019ve only known one trader who did it. About fifteen or twenty years ago, I was trading in a trading room, he was one of the guys in it. And he was trying to get one or two, one-point scalps a day, trading with tick divergences \u2013 I\u2019ll talk about that when I see one come up. And he was just trying to scalp. He was trading 25 contracts, and his thought was that if he makes one point a day, trading 25 contracts, he\u2019s making a thousand dollars a day, US$200,000 a year, and it\u2019s a decent living.<\/p>\n<h3>Take more trades, lower size<\/h3>\n<p>My thought is that there are a whole bunch more then one or two one-point scalps. And if you\u2019re going be a one or two point scalper, why not instead of trying to trade 25 contracts, why not trade 3 or 4 contracts and try to make 10 or 15 points. I think the chance of you making a lot of money is higher, if you have a high winning percentage, and you keep applying it time and time again, than it is just waiting all day long for a one or two point <a href=\"http:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/articles\/trading\/02\/081902.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scalp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Today&#8217;s one-point scalps<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ask-al-67-taking-one-two-point-scalps.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ask-al-67-taking-one-two-point-scalps-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"Ask Al Brooks: Taking one two one-point-scalps\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-55431\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ask-al-67-taking-one-two-point-scalps-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ask-al-67-taking-one-two-point-scalps-600x460.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ask-al-67-taking-one-two-point-scalps.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>If I was taking a one or two point scalp today, what would I have done? I would have sold 15 close, 16 close. Sold above 19. Bought above 28. Bought below 31. Maybe buy the 40 close, 41 close. Sell 48, sell above 49. Sell 68 and sell above 71. So there are a lot of pretty high probability <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/ask-al\/scalping-strategy-for-1-or-2-point-scalps\/\" target=\"_blank\">one-point scalps<\/a>, so why limit yourself to one?<\/p>\n<p>So, yes it\u2019s possible, but if you\u2019re going to be watching all day looking for one or two one-point scalps, I would train my eye to get better at spotting one-point scalps, and try to take 5, or 10, or 20 of them a day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/ask-al\/trading-1-point-scalps-for-a-living\/\" target=\"_blank\">Related Ask Al audio<\/a> on topic. Search &#8216;scalp&#8217; above for others.<\/p>\n<p><em>Al Brooks<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Al Brooks&#039; trading room\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brookstradingcourse.com\/online-day-trading-room\/\">Information on Al&#8217;s Online day trading room<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few one-point scalps each day? BPA trading room Q&amp;A: April 11, 2016 One-point scalps are a hot topic. 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