ES really has daily volume of 2+ M? shorted it at 891, covered it at 881. just did one contract, gee, so high volume? I am new to ES. I trade CL most time, but CL stop trading after 2:30pm (not much activity after that)
It's true! The average is about 2.4 million. Source: http://www.cmegroup.com/wrappedpages/web_monthly_report/Web_Volume_Report_CMEG.pdf Or can just pull up a daily chart with volume bars... =P
Quite the contrary. The guy is a genius. Not too many newbies can take 10 points on the first outing. ES volume is the 4th subplot: