Basic Guidelines to Follow when Trading E-mini's:

1. Never trade against the Excalibur E-mini Trading Software. (Unless as part of a strategy)
   
2. Use risk control. Poor money management and too many correlated trades lead to bad results. 
3. Cut losses. Ride winners.
4. Stick to your own style and successful strategies. 
5. Don't over-trade. 
6. Utilize stop losses.
7. Use different strategies when trading high volume or low volume days.
8. Decrease your allotment size when you are trading poorly.
9. Increase your allotment size on days where you're reading the market well.
10. Play defense NOT offense, AND play offense by being defensive!
11. Honor Stop Loss limits (this really is different than "utilize stop loss")
12. Stay Disciplined! Stick to defined strategies. See above.
13. Expect the Extreme!