I have a strategy that works well on the ES to capture 6-10 tick moves with 1-10 contracts on a 5 min chart, but is infrequent. I want to port it to stocks to get maximum opportunities.
In the ES I get an entry fill when price moves 1 tick past my stop limit order and an exit when price moves 1 tick past a protective stop market order or 1 tick past a profit-taking stop limit order.
Observing stocks, I see the same strategy resulting in moves of about 10 cents. My big concern is not…