Anyone trade micro emini futures?

I mean, both arguments are correct. they're considerably higher than the Eminis, but what the fuck do we care when we're able to make the risk-adjusted best choice to trade them in order to build up an account?

Why sweat a dollar a trade when you're making $5-30?

small minds.

 

11/11/22 10:52:27 AM <Filled> Sold 1 MNQZ22 @ 11760.0000 Limit - Filled @ 11766.2500 9-1489-1062
11/11/22 10:52:27 AM <Received> Sell 1 MNQZ22 @ 11760.0000 Limit 9-1489-1062
11/11/22 10:52:27 AM <Sent> Sell 1 MNQZ22 @ 11760.00 Limit Intelligent 9-1489-1062
11/11/22 10:52:27 AM <Sending> Sell 1 MNQZ22 @ 11760.00 Limit
11/11/22 10:45:19 AM <Filled> Bought 1 MNQZ22 @ 11734.0000 Limit - Filled @ 11733.0000 9-1488-3271
11/11/22 10:45:19 AM <Received> Buy 1 MNQZ22 @ 11734.0000 Limit 9-1488-3271
11/11/22 10:45:19 AM <Sent> Buy 1 MNQZ22 @ 11734.00 Limit Intelligent 9-1488-3271
11/11/22 10:45:19 AM <Sending> Buy 1 MNQZ22 @ 11734.00 Limit
11/11/22 06:55:43 AM <Connected> LIVE: Connected to trade server
11/11/22 06:55:42 AM <Disconnected> Connecting to trade server...

Bought @ 11733 (note Lmt was for 11734.00)
Sold @ 11760.25 (note again Lmt was for 11766.00)

Gross profit $66.50
Net profit (minus
commish/NFA) $64.86

Geez they robbed me - and screwed me on fills too lol.

 

No it isn't if you have 1000+ trades per month. It really adds up.

 

1000+ trades of 2 and 3 ticks.

What's your avg points trade size?

Mine is 15 NQ, 7 ES, 10 RTY.

 

Typo above post, Lmt was for 11760.00 filled 11766.25 so 6.25 pts better than what I submitted. NQ and little brother MNQ sure do move in the express lane.

 

Yeah, that looks like my RL trading yesterday, but in YM and ES micros. I don't feel any sting of the evil micro-mini commish gouging.

@syswizard If you are making 1000+ trades per day, maybe you are over-trading? That goes beyond anything related to minis and micros.

Think about what you are typing here...1000+ trades per day! That is fucktastic!

 

Have you meanwhile been able to find these micro contracts in TWS? I trade multiple micro futures at IB, using automated trading (IB's API). Micro futures which I use include grains (YC, YK), forex (M6E), metals (MGC, SI (mult 1000)), oil (MCL), equity (MES, MNQ, MYM, M2K).

 

Nice diversification. Have you considered MBT,MCL,ZN, ZB ?

 

You misunderstood...that is 1000+ trades PER MONTH ! That number could go up to 2000+ trades.
When you are trading a diverse set of instruments, every day is different.

 

MBT is too volatile for my trading system. However, I might add them to the universe of instruments I track to ensure that I have data for it, in case I change my mind. So, thank you for mentioning it.
MCL I already mentioned in my previous post. And yes, I do use ZN and ZB but would not really call these "micro" in size.