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Emini and Emicro Index
July 11th, 2021, 07:04 PM
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I tried to take advantage of this, this weekend....
I tried to take advantage of this, this weekend. 1 second before CME open Bitcoin was 34500ish on Coinbase etc. and Micro Bitcoin was 34200 choice. So I entered an order to buy 10 at 34250. Micro...
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July 9th, 2021, 10:42 AM
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I stand corrected. This I expected, and is...
I stand corrected.
This I expected, and is what I was referring to. The opening (auction price) and an algo taking all the resting GTC orders.
This I didn't expect.
I was watching at the...
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Emini and Emicro Index
July 8th, 2021, 10:47 PM
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Is that an exchange order type?
Is that an exchange order type?
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Emini and Emicro Index
July 8th, 2021, 04:43 PM
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This was Algo's/HFT Market Makers taking GTC...
This was Algo's/HFT Market Makers taking GTC limit orders. While not impossible, very difficult for a non fully automated trader to take advantage of this.
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Emini and Emicro Index
July 8th, 2021, 03:26 PM
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I know you guys are talking about ES/MES and not...
I know you guys are talking about ES/MES and not BTC/MBT but I think this is interesting in relationship to this conversation. This is the Sunday 4th opening of BTC. MBT experienced $1500 (4.2%!!!)...
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Emini and Emicro Index
January 23rd, 2021, 09:38 PM
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Doesn't that assume everybody's account is so...
Doesn't that assume everybody's account is so small they need micro's in order to diversify?
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Emini and Emicro Index
December 17th, 2020, 10:52 AM
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Micro fees going up effective 1st Feb
Micro fees going up effective 1st Feb
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Emini and Emicro Index
June 14th, 2019, 09:53 AM
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Similar situation today 57k ES spreads and only...
Similar situation today 57k ES spreads and only 11 MES spreads. In fact right now at 8:51 ESM9/U9 is 395/400 (57k/38k) and MESM9/U9 is 400/410 (177/200) so basically 400 choice!
Little surprised...
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Emini and Emicro Index
June 13th, 2019, 11:10 AM
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Interesting observation at 10:07 on June 13th ...
Interesting observation at 10:07 on June 13th
ESM9 Volume 698558
ESM9/U9 Spread Volume 123921 which is 17.7% of the outright volume
MESM9 Volume 110362
MESM9/U9 Spread Volume 7 which is 0.0% of...
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Emini and Emicro Index
April 13th, 2019, 03:34 PM
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This is getting old but I will admit good catch...
This is getting old but I will admit good catch on the your/you're but I did acknowledge that Day Trade margins are dependent upon individual broker's.
If you follow your own link, you'll see...
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Emini and Emicro Index
April 13th, 2019, 12:41 AM
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ROFLMAO DmanX your wrong on every single...
ROFLMAO
DmanX your wrong on every single account - so wrong that your even wrong on what the NFA fee is! (They changed 15 months ago!) It's not speculation. Exchange fees are announced (20c for...
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Emini and Emicro Index
April 12th, 2019, 10:11 AM
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As I already said. If you look a couple of pages...
As I already said. If you look a couple of pages back you will get your answers. Exchange fees have been discussed in detail. Commission will be broker dependent, and there's little reason to think...
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April 11th, 2019, 03:08 PM
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You guys should maybe read some of the last pages...
You guys should maybe read some of the last pages on thread and not just ask questions that have been answered multiple times - although margin hadn't specifically been answered recently. Also the...
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Emini and Emicro Index
April 11th, 2019, 10:11 AM
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Correct. Typo. For illustration this was 9am...
Correct. Typo.
For illustration this was 9am Central today. As you can see the only difference in quotes between Full Size and Micro are due to the tick sizes. (M6E bid)
...
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Emini and Emicro Index
April 10th, 2019, 10:22 AM
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I just pulled up M6A, M6B, M6E, MCD and MJY to...
I just pulled up M6A, M6B, M6E, MCD and MJY to take a look and compared them to the fullsize 6A 6B 6E 6C and 6J. The Micro's are tick for tick with the fill size with the only differences being where...
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Emini and Emicro Index
April 8th, 2019, 06:26 PM
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I'm the one doing a lot of the commission...
I'm the one doing a lot of the commission analysis, and I agree if your using this purely as an education tool, don't worry about it. But for anybody trying to actively trade with a small account...
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Emini and Emicro Index
April 5th, 2019, 10:55 AM
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It's not the exchange fees that will kill, its...
It's not the exchange fees that will kill, its the brokerage. Even if the exchange fees were 1/10th (they are actually 1/5.9) your still paying brokerage at the same rate. Let me copy the analysis...
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Emini and Emicro Index
April 4th, 2019, 01:44 PM
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I suspect that they have a group of designated...
I suspect that they have a group of designated participants that will NOT pay fees if they meet certain market making requirements. Even if they don't remember these are NON-MEMBER rates. The...
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Emini and Emicro Index
April 4th, 2019, 01:24 PM
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Updating previous chart ...
Updating previous chart
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=264673
and another chart. The costs are so high in relationship to tick size I wonder how successful this will be. For...
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Emini and Emicro Index
April 1st, 2019, 01:46 PM
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That's it. Only applies in Gold and Silver...
That's it.
Only applies in Gold and Silver Dailies though. None of the old NYBOT (DX, OJ, Sugar, etc) or London (Brent, STIRS) contracts have it.
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Emini and Emicro Index
April 1st, 2019, 01:37 PM
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Correct, although ICE did just implement...
Correct, although ICE did just implement something in their Gold and Silver daily futures that allows market makers to avoid sweeps.
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Emini and Emicro Index
March 14th, 2019, 01:03 PM
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I've been thinking about this some more. I...
I've been thinking about this some more. I suspect the profile of a person trading the micro's is somebody who has a small account size and is probably paying higher clearing fees. While the exchange...
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Emini and Emicro Index
March 11th, 2019, 01:21 PM
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I have this problem with ICE's Natural Gas...
I have this problem with ICE's Natural Gas Contracts. The NYMEX NG contract is 10,000 MMBtu and exchange fees are $1.50 for non-members. The ICE Henry Hub contract is only 2,500 MMBtu and clearing...
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Emini and Emicro Index
March 11th, 2019, 12:25 PM
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I wouldn't agree with the 'blind' comment but yes...
I wouldn't agree with the 'blind' comment but yes I would agree with watch the CL (or ES) both in terms of Order flow, Charts, T&S, whatever your tools are but place your orders in the QM (or ES...
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Emini and Emicro Index
March 11th, 2019, 12:10 PM
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I suspect HFT will ensure the liquidity is there....
I suspect HFT will ensure the liquidity is there. The order flow, and tick to tick pricing, will be completely different though. You will need to watch the eMini chart but actually trade the Micro...
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