# Still Seeking advice on auto trading futures
**URL:** https://forums.collective2.com/t/still-seeking-advice-on-auto-trading-futures/8521
**Category:** C2
**Created:** [March 9, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/still-seeking-advice-on-auto-trading-futures/8521 "2016-03-09T04:27:03Z")
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### Author:  [@charles\_roscoe](https://forums.collective2.com/u/charles_roscoe)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/still-seeking-advice-on-auto-trading-futures/8521/1 "2016-03-09T04:27:03Z")
hi, if you can help…
i have 3 systems, 2 forex and 1 futures
forex systems are working, but no trades begin placed via the futures system.
i understand you must trade a whole number, but I’m unsure how to correlate that to auto trade %?
i had it at 40 but not trading, now set to %50. the system normally trades 2 units, so is that correct that i must set auto trade to %50 to align to the system?
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### Author:  [@c2-auto-trader](https://forums.collective2.com/u/c2-auto-trader)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/still-seeking-advice-on-auto-trading-futures/8521/2 "2016-03-09T04:46:45Z")
If system trades 2 units and you want to trade one then you have two options:
1. set scaling of 50%
2. set scaling of 100% and put max lot size of 1
both options have their pros and cons. briefly, risk on option 1 is unlimited but you can follow trader strategy more accurately; risk is limited on option 2, but you can miss additional entries (averaging or pyramiding, for example).
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### Author:  [@MartinPavlas](https://forums.collective2.com/u/MartinPavlas)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2016, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/still-seeking-advice-on-auto-trading-futures/8521/3 "2016-03-09T07:22:18Z")
I’d start with Max trade size set to 1 and keep it for a while until you know how the system behaves. After you are more confident, you can remove the limit on Max trade size and set the scaling to 50%. It will still trade 1 contract for you if the system trades 2, but if for what ever reason it decides to trade 4 contracts you’ll follow it and it will buy one more for you.