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srt commented Sep 20, 2017And if you're going to invest, do it on your own without paying fees to guru firms. ETFs are simple if you don't like stock picking. url
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srt replied Sep 17, 2017When you read comments from "experts", just be aware of how it affects their business/investments :-) More investment & use of cryptos is business away from financial institutions. url url
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srt replied Sep 16, 2017Terrorist attacks get a lot of attention & create fear but death totals are pretty minimal when compared to other deaths. The terror attacks you showed for 2015 killed approx. 150 people & caused plenty fear yet 2015 auto accidents in Europe caused ...
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srt replied Sep 6, 2017Futures contracts are all over the map as far as $/tick. But the tick size is also quite different in each market. If you buy 1 contract of ES & 1 of YM, both will have nearly the same $ profit if both markets move 1% even though ES is more than ...
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srt replied Sep 6, 2017If holding overnight I would use forex even with swap fees as I wouldn't trust the overnight liquidity in futures with a strong move. Could have large spreads so poor SL fills.
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srt replied Sep 6, 2017Look @ the list of futures quotes. They all have increasing premium the farther out in time just like options which I also trade but don't want to completely turn this into a mess :-)
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srt replied Sep 6, 2017Correct, margin requirements will increase if you hold overnight positions. $500/contact is for daytrading only.
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srt replied Sep 6, 2017Looking @ the futures quotes I just put up, there's about 7 pips premium left in the Sept contract so for example if there's 14 days until that contract expires, then you'll lose .5 pips every day you hold it even if spot price didn't move even 1 ...
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srt replied Sep 6, 2017Yes, S&P can be "chunky" especially on a slow day but the % is usually nearly the same so it's just that NQ gives you many more entry/exit points compared to ES. The chart of NQ usually looks smoother because of the additional "ticks".
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srt replied Sep 6, 2017Yes, no swap fees but there's a small amount of premium decay every day :-)
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srt replied Sep 6, 2017Yes, only trade the most active contract unless you're a long-term trader & don't want to "roll" your position @ expiration. Brokers will give you a warning of an upcoming "roll" time. url
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srt replied Sep 6, 2017When you trade a futures contract, you're not trading any currency which is why there's no swap fees. A contract is just an agreement to deliver a product @ a date some time in the future. Trading it is just playing "hot-potato" with a piece of ...
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srt replied Sep 6, 2017You've got the futures pricing a bit mixed up :-) Notice the futures quotes. These are all Euro futures contracts that expire @ different times. All futures prices have "premium" priced into them. The farther out in time the more premium. Every day ...
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srt replied Sep 5, 2017The futures data will always be different from the forex because there's "premium" in futures that erodes as expiration date approaches. Nothing to even think about as a scalper, just makes it tricky if comparing futures price to forex price. I use ...
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srt replied Sep 5, 20171-Futures brokers are usually $3.50-5.00 per round turn so a forex broker needs to have a spread of .35-.50 pips with NO commission to be equal to futures costs. 2-If you're scalping & willing to trade 1 full contract/lot, then better to trade ...
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srt replied Sep 5, 2017Many data points can be used in various ways. Some can give a false impression. As an example another data point shows your average trade pips is 1.5. Makes you look like an extreme scalper :-) Main concern of yours is whether the commissions were ...
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