Yeah. Another advantage of trading like this is you can trade 24/7. Even when exchanges are closed. Want to trade Christmas day? Can easily be done. Plenty of liquidity. Let's say you are having a rough Saturday betting college football. You want to make back your losses. Why risk betting more games? Go buy Euro Futures at 1.3100. Then hit the bid in the Nikkei Futures at 15,000. That's over 14,998 points in profit!!! I'm pretty sure you are also allowed to choose your own tick value as well.
Don't cry... Buy some GRPN at 6.75 and Sell it at PCLN price of 1243. Plenty of liquidity Friday at 6:35 pm on a holiday weekend. You'll feel better. Stocks a tricky though, you can't change tick value. Trades in actual dollar amounts. Bastards don't make it easy.
Dude managing >$1B book is sitting here contemplating the merits of my photo-hosting choices... really. That is the most pathetic story I have ever heard.
I can't afford manly photo-hosting due to my Bloomberg Pro subscription. https://www.dropbox.com/s/s67sqs54f71lo8g/2014-08-29_1612.png?dl=0 The satphone is pretty enticing tho... sitting there in Palm Beach and taking a call on a phone with 600ms of terrestrial lag. Mono screen and a dildo for an antenna. Sound quality like you're underwater. What is not to like!