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TradingPilot
 

Registered: Nov 2006
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08-17-12 06:35 PM

Could anyone tell me what contracts are actively traded? I notice some contracts are really liquid while others have absolutely nothing going on.

Thanks

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nazzdack
 

Registered: Jul 2004
Posts: 8413

 

08-17-12 07:31 PM


Quote from TradingPilot:
----contracts....
----actively traded?
----some contracts are really liquid....
----others have absolutely nothing going on.


Confirmation of the obvious.......the most active futures will have the most active options trading.

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RichardRimes
 

Registered: Oct 2005
Posts: 2528

 

08-17-12 07:39 PM

most active...ES NQ YM...ES weekly's are good

also CL/NG but not as active and sometimes harder to fill

those are the only ones I have experience with...I seldom trade NQ or YM..personal pref is ES

when I have extra cash and an opinion on CL or NG I'll trade those.

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TskTsk
 

Registered: Dec 2011
Posts: 343

 

08-18-12 07:57 AM

Personally I trade ES, NQ, TF. ES has decent volume, and very good fills, often better than midpoint. NQ a bit less volume but also very good fills. TF is awful on volume and fills, better to trade RUT but no SPAN margin on that one.

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oldtime
 

Registered: Jun 2011
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08-18-12 09:54 AM


Quote from TradingPilot:

Could anyone tell me what contracts are actively traded? I notice some contracts are really liquid while others have absolutely nothing going on.

Thanks

most farmers buy puts rather than short the futures. Daily volume can be deceptive, only a few trade each day, but the the over all volume over a season can be large.

you need a long term perspective and only trade new crop which would be
July wheat
November beans
December corn

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trader198
 

Registered: Mar 2010
Posts: 1217

 

08-19-12 10:10 PM

NQ & ES are good.

NG/CL are good too.

ZB is the best.

I never traded future option. I tried it in my paper account. the good thing is 24hrs open, you buy options any time you want.

another plus is: there is no margin requirement. so you can hold and wait if tempriraly against you, until you are protibale.

if big move is brewing, future option is great, since you do not need stop loss, ignore little (still large) adversay movement. easily doubled or tripled. if you caught crude from 110 to 77 recently or 77 to 95+, very good.

I think it is good, if you have a big view about the direction. buy early as possible as you can.

future options are very suitable for weekly/monthly timeframe. not several days, may be weeks and months.

have a good vision, see things several weeks ahead.

the minus is the volume is too thin, and the spread is large. if you want to buy it, maybe immediately red.

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