Hi dtm165,
Welcome to T2W.
I'm sorry you feel that the 'forum sucks' based on the replies that you happen not to like from just one of our 300,000+ members! Try and keep an open mind and accept that you may well get answers to your questions that you don't like or weren't expecting.
PieterSteidelmayer's posts are blunt and no effort has been made to break bad news softly. However, as an ex-futures trader I'm afraid to say he's right. If you're going to scalp the ES for a tick or two at a time, you'll need to be set up to do it. This means finding a bespoke futures broker who charges a realistic round trip commission. You should easily be able to get to under $5.00. At $7.00 per r/t, the commissions alone will kill you. You'll need a high spec' computer and a lightning fast internet connection. Next, you'll need a trading platform with a DoM ladder. X Trader (by Trading Technologies) is probably the best known. If you don't know how to do it, you'll then have to learn how to read the order flow. Some clever folk say it isn't rocket science. Personally, I think it's phenomenally difficult and failed miserable in my attempts to do it!
That's just a taster, I can go into more detail if you'd like me to. Essentially, doing what you're wanting to do is the domain of institutional traders or very experienced retail traders who have had training at a prop' firm or paid for tuition from a city pro'. Of course, it's not for me to advise you against going down this route if you're sure it's what you want to do. Just be aware it's probably one of the toughest options for retail traders - if not
the toughest. I know lots of ES traders here on T2W, but none of them (to the best of my knowledge) attempt to scalp it for a tick or two at a time.
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Tim.