for those of you that want to try trading the emini dow futures, the cbot has a fantastic free simulator---www.cbot.com enjoy !! surf
I've tried the simulator at CBOT and it's OK but I prefer the one here from "almostatrader" at this link: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11302&highlight=simulator It works with Microsoft Excel and the real time data feed from Interactive Brokers.