Trading the new CME E-Micro's (E micro) MES, MNQ, MYM, M2K and other micros
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Trading the new CME E-Micro's (E micro) MES, MNQ, MYM, M2K and other micros
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Agreed, good for new people, but you will reach a point where you would like to be able trade the equivalent of 1 to 2 full
contracts broken down into 3-6 units, so IMO it's no good for providing a comfortable transition to trading multiple full contracts.
expectancy of course, should move to the e-mini.
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other micros are day trading failures because of the lousy commission and margin structure , but I think the ES is big enough to pull it off. Probably only good for building discipline and not your account though. It will be interesting to see.
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This, the equivalent to mini-options no thanks. Good for brokers not for traders
expectancy and are trading 5 micro lots then clearly you should transition to minis.
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I really hope
HFT and bot do their bit to liquidity and volatility.
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YM futures contract would not be an alternative for beginners?
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gap . More importantly it will allow smaller accounts to scale in /out.
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https://futures.io/webinars/jan14_2012/where_to_start_part_1/
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New poll posted on this subject
Would you trade an E-Micro version of the SP500 that traded at 1/5th the size of the "ES", if there was sufficient liquidity?
Yes 72% (240 votes)
No 28% (95 votes)
Total votes: 335
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contracts from "beginner friendly" to "you better work for a hedge fund"??ATR *($ per point) and rank contracts that way, but then again liquidity and other factors might come into play that would skew the results. (Not planning on trading lumber anytime soon.)
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I could see the benefits of incorporating the micro ES into a more cost efficient and risk adverse option in a long-short strategy with stocks. Outside of hedging, I'd rather live on market speed or momentum if you will. I appreciate where this is going - the whole increase the time-frame and decrease the risk, but I'd feel more inclined if the commission were 1/5th the size.
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