ummm...AFAIK this is irrelevant b/c you're talking about an index. the beta of itself is useless. unless i'm missing something...
there's the mini ng contract which is only 1/4 the size of the big one....
as ari gold from entourage would say "boom...done" http://www.finviz.com/screener.ashx?v=111&f=sh_avgvol_o1000
http://www.greencompany.com/HedgeFunds/HedgeFundIncubatorFunds.shtml
you might want to check out mint.com which aggregates accounts from various fin institutions.
both sound good.
i'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're joking. it wouldn't surprise me at all to see a brief spike up as the dumb money...
my own $0.02 usd is that quants/hft's/algo's/ufo's/whatever doesn't matter at all once you get past the micro scalping phase. sector rotation...
ofthomas makes a great point re the cost of exchange/regulatory fees. this is unavoidable and the only way to reduce them is to lease/buy a seat...
doublet83 - have you thought about an incubator fund to be used until you're ready to go? also, pm me if you have any questions re the cfa.
+1. IMHO there's no watch to capture the weekend effect b/c as another poster said someone would have thought of that b/c by definition it would...
if you do more than 1,000 cars then the rate drops down to 0.49 usd much the same rate as deep discount trading. however you're still paying a...
stay away from tza or any double/triple/quadruple, sextuple, etc for anything other than daytrading (and even then you should just trade futures)...
ofthomas is right re getting the platform that's best for you. there's no best platform for everyone. for example, scalpers pretty much need 3...
it's all lt cap gains now so that's good. the "caveman" answer is really simple - just put on a collar and be done w/ it.
the vol is leaked out during the day on friday and most of it is gone by early afternoon (12 - 1 pm est). if you're long a call/put and it's past...
just follow the price. for example, in the middle of this past week price rose b/c of the expected winter storm/cold temps then it gave back all...
a product moving exchanges doesn't happen that often. tf moved from cme to ice in june 2007. when a product moves volume can dramatically drop off...
yes - tf is mini russell 2000. ice is the exchange tf is traded on like cme is exchange es is traded on. call tda and ask them if you can trade...
ibrainch is right w/ advantage being another reputable shop that focuses on futures day traders - low rates (def one of the lowest in the...
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