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Emini and Emicro Index
July 8th, 2021, 03:09 PM
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Trading the new CME E-Micro's (E micro) MES, MNQ, MYM, M2K and other micros
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I've seen many answers to this question, and this...
I've seen many answers to this question, and this may be the best.
There is in fact not much difference, and if there were, why would you want to enter trades based on the one you were not...
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Emini and Emicro Index
July 25th, 2019, 10:17 PM
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Aside from that, the task of porting over a large...
Aside from that, the task of porting over a large and complex program to an entirely different operating system would be something of a nightmare, even if you could throw a load of programmers at it,...
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Emini and Emicro Index
July 16th, 2019, 12:36 PM
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bobwest
Too right. :sarcastic: Trading volume makes...
Too right. :sarcastic:
Trading volume makes the business of exchanges and brokers pay off. This is not inherently bad, but traders should recognize where their interests lie, and hopefully there...
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Emini and Emicro Index
July 14th, 2019, 07:40 PM
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bobwest
Good luck with this. I wonder how many will...
Good luck with this.
I wonder how many will trade this simulation with the full number of contracts that the sim balance of 100k will allow, rather than the much smaller size that they could trade...
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Emini and Emicro Index
April 14th, 2019, 10:04 PM
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bobwest
I probably should't comment here, because I have...
I probably should't comment here, because I have no personal familiarity with spot fx.
With that said, I think that spot fx is often a decent alternative to the zero-risk, generally worthless pure...
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Emini and Emicro Index
April 10th, 2019, 02:24 PM
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Trading the new CME E-Micro's (E micro) MES, MNQ, MYM, M2K and other micros
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bobwest
YM may be a good example, a smaller contract that...
YM may be a good example, a smaller contract that is similar to ES but (I think) less prone to being range-bound (perhaps due to the big players being more in ES and keeping ranges tighter, or...
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Emini and Emicro Index
April 10th, 2019, 10:03 AM
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bobwest
:becky: I see you've run into the multi-Bob...
:becky:
I see you've run into the multi-Bob thing too. At least neither one of us is embarrassing the other (I hope! :ahhhhh:)
Bob.
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Emini and Emicro Index
April 9th, 2019, 08:19 AM
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I've already put in my view that the likely main...
I've already put in my view that the likely main benefit of the new stock index micro contracts is simply to let new traders trade some real money, in relatively small amounts, instead of staying in...
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Emini and Emicro Index
April 5th, 2019, 11:34 AM
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bobwest
I have never traded any of the existing micros,...
I have never traded any of the existing micros, in currencies, but my impression after following several traders who have is that the major point is not to make money (yes, that does seem strange),...
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Emini and Emicro Index
March 16th, 2019, 10:20 AM
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bobwest
There is no exchange-set intraday margin on...
There is no exchange-set intraday margin on anything. It is up to your broker. There are brokers who have offered, as I recall, $300 ES intraday margins. (They are fishing for inexperienced...
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Emini and Emicro Index
March 16th, 2019, 08:38 AM
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bobwest
There probably will be liquidity enough, although...
There probably will be liquidity enough, although there will probably be relatively less and so one would expect more slippage, etc. But probably the benefit of trading the micros would be to just be...
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