# Auto trade scaling % on futures?

**URL:** <https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-scaling-on-futures/8518>\
**Category:** C2\
**Created:** [March 9, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-scaling-on-futures/8518 "2016-03-09T00:40:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![charles\_roscoe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/charles_roscoe/32/1487_2.png) [@charles\_roscoe](https://forums.collective2.com/u/charles_roscoe)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-scaling-on-futures/8518/1 "2016-03-09T00:40:02Z")

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hi  
I’m trying to auto trade my subscription, but its no seeming to open any trades.

i set the % at 40, and the system is trading gold futures. is this because futures needs a minimum trade amount before i can auto trade with the system?

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**Author:** ![Munawar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/munawar/32/2472_2.png) [@Munawar](https://forums.collective2.com/u/Munawar)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-scaling-on-futures/8518/2 "2016-03-09T00:50:21Z")

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If it’s futures, it can’t trade partial number so minimum trade size has to be 1 future.

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**Author:** ![charles\_roscoe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/charles_roscoe/32/1487_2.png) [@charles\_roscoe](https://forums.collective2.com/u/charles_roscoe)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-scaling-on-futures/8518/3 "2016-03-09T00:52:58Z")

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so you have to start at auotrade %100, but guess if your confident you can double up to %200?

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**Author:** ![Munawar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/munawar/32/2472_2.png) [@Munawar](https://forums.collective2.com/u/Munawar)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-scaling-on-futures/8518/4 "2016-03-09T00:56:19Z")

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System allow you to put max number of contract you would like to trade or scale up 200% or 300% etc. or scale down but not less than whole number.

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**Author:** ![charles\_roscoe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/charles_roscoe/32/1487_2.png) [@charles\_roscoe](https://forums.collective2.com/u/charles_roscoe)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-scaling-on-futures/8518/5 "2016-03-09T03:24:17Z")

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almost understanding this, if for example a system trades 2 contracts of gold futures, can i auto trade that by starting at 50%?

i had my setting at %40 and no trades were being placed

essentially , exactly how do i calculate the minimum trade when auto trading a futures system?

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**Author:** ![c2-auto-trader](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/c2-auto-trader/32/21425_2.png) [@c2-auto-trader](https://forums.collective2.com/u/c2-auto-trader)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-scaling-on-futures/8518/6 "2016-03-09T03:36:22Z")

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