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Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

May 24th, 2020, 10:08 PM

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Risk of trading micro futures

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Posted By josh

For posterity -- big spoos are 5x mini's, at $250...

For posterity -- big spoos are 5x mini's, at $250 per handle per contract (with increments at 0.1 instead of 0.25 for a $25 per tick increment), but with so few trading, who's counting? :)

Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

May 20th, 2020, 10:37 AM

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Risk of trading micro futures

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Posted By josh

It's a general disclosure. Not everyone uses a...

It's a general disclosure. Not everyone uses a stop loss, and not everyone manages risk. When you open a position on margin, by definition you are effectively being 'loaned' money, and if the market...

Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

May 11th, 2020, 11:43 PM

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Risk of trading micro futures

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Posted By josh

Another way to calculate and think about it. The...

Another way to calculate and think about it. The contract multiplier for MES is $5. When you buy at 2900, you have bought 2900 * $5 = $14,500 of notional value. That's your leveraged position, since...

Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

May 11th, 2020, 09:19 PM

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Risk of trading micro futures

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Posted By josh

Yes. With the caveat that you can always incur...

Yes. With the caveat that you can always incur slippage, that is, your stop order, when the price trades, is converted to a market order, which means you can get *any* price. However, in practice,...

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