So you can use very low leverage with forex? I've always wondered that because I've heard a lot about people blowing up with currencies and I...
Aside from spreading the ES vs YM, what other single futures contracts are smaller or less volatile that I could trade? I've been thinking of...
I know how it sounds, I just like to enter positions with small risk. I do typically hold positions for a few days to a few weeks. When the...
Everything is relative to the amount of cash you have. I don't want to use insane leverage. How is it any different to try to turn $20,000...
The problem with that is I have cash just under the requirements for day trading margin. I am not a day trader but it's quite frustrating to deal...
to oldtime: I never thought of buying one and shorting the other to give a smaller net long/short position. That makes a lot of sense, I guess...
One of the main reasons I was interested in Eminis was the tax benefits of the 60/40 rule. But I think I'll have to be better capitalized to...
to Scataphagos: I see what you're saying. So essentially it's like buying groups of 50 shares of SP-500. Then depending on how much cash is...
Hi everyone, I've been actively trading stocks for a few years now. I decided that I'm going to start looking into trading futures instead....
Thanks. By the way to savage, I obviously know how charts are constructed. You misunderstood my question. I want a spreadsheet of ohlc not a...
Hi there, I currently use Worden real time charting for trading. I'm always looking for different perspectives to view price action in the...
I'm a little late to this thread, but just to complicate things further would that make sense then to sell a percentage of your position on the...
So with the emini futures the smallest position I can take would be $60,000? That's a lot of leverage. That's 3 times my cash value. Maybe...
Thanks everyone for the helpful advice. I typically trade etf's like sso, sds. My account is $20,000 so I can't day trade yet. I'm not...
Hi everyone, I've been trading stocks for a few years now and I've done very well. I'd like to make the move to futures (specifically s&p...
I'm familiar with the pattern day trader rules and I have more than $25,000 (that was just for a quick example). Now this is crazy and I...
Hi everybody, I'm not new to investing but I'm not a very high frequency trader so I'm wondering some of the margin rules if someone would be so...
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