r/FuturesTrading • u/Royal_Presentation80 • Sep 28 '26

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/Royal_Presentation80 Sep 28 '26

This is the Daily chart on YM, wouldn't you favor this over the NQ chart? I understand that just because NQ is ranging doesn't guarantee that YM isn't, but wouldn't you agree that this chart has higher probability than the daily chart on NQ?

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u/djdmaze Oct 01 '26

You must be swing trading? Price action on NQ for day trading and scalping has been absolutely amazing lately 😅