I am not confusing nothing In short, the Mini Nasdaq has become too big. ICE did the right thing to split the contract value of the RTY (TF) to half value CME has to take the same decision, period Your "solution" to trade micros is offensive to my intelligence and to your intelligence... As regards the DAX....well there's the mini Dax that is 5 times smaller
Explain to me how you have $125,000 "exposure" on a single NQ contract, and how that might affect you?
As an aside here, Russell still has a lot of open interest left over on ICE. Until it all clears out, you won't see full volume on CME. https://www.theice.com/marketdata/reports/icefuturesus/DailyVolumeOI.shtml?futures=
Learn to adapt, I had to. In the 90s' the big S&P500 was $500 a point, traded in nickels, needed $12,5k for margin and I traded 10-20 lots. Now to increase volume so those who are underfunded to come out of the woodwork they make ES at 1/10th the value of a point and increased tick size 5 times and have to trade 100/200 to be equal and fees cost more. You either learn to change or don't trade.
So change it to 2 different entry prices? If your strategy is so rigid that you can't change the contract count used I don't know what to offer to solve that brain damage.
For the 6 months after the split the Russell 2000 futures were single listed only on the ICE. Volume did not double after the split, was up only 60% in my estimation during that time. If it increases when it moves over to CME exlusively, then we can assume it would have be even more liquid on CME had they kept the old multipler.
LOL keep trading costs down. A tick covers costs. A friggen tick !!!!!!!!!!! Oh I forgot, split value it in half and then you need a whopping 2 ticks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you even trade? If a trader does 10 trades a day, at 10 lot size = $400 a day = 100K a year in commission costs. This is why it is essential for active traders to keep costs down.
Well, put things into perspective here. If one is making 10 lot trades, assuming $4 RT per contract ($40 per position-life), then one should be making a lot more than $40 on that trade. Just how if it was one contract, they should be making a lot more than $4 on that trade. It all scales relative. Suntrader is correct. Even at $5 per tick, each contract's total expenses should be covered with 1 tick profit unless you have a really expensive broker.