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**JUST OPENED MY FIRST ACCOUNT-- getting ready to ACH transfer money into it-advice!
Here is a free pdf pamphlet written by Jeff Quinto and put out by the CME. Jeff has done a webinar here at futures.io (formerly BMT). I am not recommending you follow his setups exactly, that is for you to decide. Consider this like a template to start from. There is a blank trading plan at the end of the pamphlet. You should print it out and fill it out with your own plan so you know what you are going to do. All the best to you
You dont need to open a US bank account as well (unless you have some other reason for doing this).
Your broker will give you wire instructions for their bank account. When your funds hit that account, you will get a segregated account under their umbrella account. You will be able to wire money in and out accordingly to your current bank account/s.
If you open a separate us BANK ACCOUNT, YOU WILL BE HIT WITH NEEDLESS WIRE FEES FROM YOUR CURRENT ACCOUNT, TO THE us ACCOUNT, THEN AGAIN TO YOUR BROKERAGE ACCOUNT.
Out of interest, I see you are Canadian based. Why trade ES? Why dont you trade your domestic index future contract the TSX/S&P 60? I believe its traded on the Montreal Exchange.
I imagine you will have a better understanding of your domestic economy and its drivers than the US economy.
Given you should start trading 1 lots as it's your first account, liquidity will not be an issue.
Remember not to be a lemming. Just because everyone else trades ES, doesnt mean you have to. And it doesnt mean they are right either. The brightest minds in the world are trading ES in size, with very deep pockets. Fancy your chances as a newb?
TSX on the other hand moves a lot more and you'll get much more bang for your buck with a fatter tick.
What is local economy or place of residence have to do with trading or choosing markes?
If you are in the UK you will trade the BP better? or the Aussie $ because you live in Sydney?
I can easily look at the local stats of the economy, interest rates and prime rates directly from
the US.
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There are people in the US who specialize in emerging markets, and on the other hand there are
those who abroad who follow the US economy, and their research is focused around numbers, not "sentiment" that in your case is a reference to some gut feel.
If you refer to "trading firms" as the big investment firms who have branches in every big city, this is why:
They act as a broker and a market maker to local and large corporations. For example, a UK based firm could approach a UK based business and offer its services via forward contracts, exotic options and/or any other vehicle to hedge exposure. This is easier when you staff in that country who knows the local laws, deposits are done in local jurisdictions, same time zone, and have the geographical proximity to meet people.
I have visited many trading desks, and saw expertise outside the geographical reign people are located.
Never have I seen a decision to build exposure world wide based on the things you claim.
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