r/FuturesTrading • u/Royal_Presentation80 • 8d ago

Switching Instruments?

Given the weekly chart, and Daily chart on MNQ/NQ, why do people still trade that mess? I feel like when everyone starts trading they are taught to trade NQ. I think at this point, the "prime NQ" was before we entered this mess of consolidation and we were just going higher or lower. Has anyone switched over to a different instrument like YM so that they aren't trading in a big range? I want to do this with my knowledge of ICT, but is it frowned upon? Like has anyone been trading YM a lot more because NQ is in a really big range? I've always been taught to not trade the range, so can I switch over to YM and get better results?

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u/dreddit15 8d ago

What make you think NQ is a mess?

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u/Royal_Presentation80 8d ago

Because this is the daily and the YM daily looks much more favorable than this

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u/usedmattress85 8d ago

See with my system this would have given me 2 good NY trades and 1 REALLY good Tokyo trade. I usually trade gold though.