A fantastic trio to trade, but I can't figure this out: If the NQ moves one tick or one point, how much can't you expect the QQQQ and QID to move?
Edited restatement of the question: A fantastic trio to trade, but I can't figure this out: If the NQ moves one tick or one point, how much should you expect the QQQQ and QID to move?
The future price is only a fair value, only read that by this side. More... month by month will be different. Then there is not exactly the same fill. Qs are only hundred. Contract specification at the link http://www.cme.com/trading/prd/equity/emini-nasdaq-comp.html I hope will help! http://www.cme.com/files/EQ004_Eminis.pdf
Some one told me that one tick on the NQ equals 3 pennies on the QQQQ's. I believe him to be a reliable source, but I don't know for sure myself. How many shares of the QQQQ's does one NQ contract equal?
They are different products... can't be compared like that. However, they are being arbitraged constantly, you can easily reverse engineer to get the answer. It can easily be done by taking the high and low of QQQQ and NQ between 9:30 to 4:00 (not 4:15). Last week, I had the same question on ES and SPY. SPY intraday range: $1.5 ES 9:30 to 4:00 range: 15pt $1.5 : 15pt => $0.1 : 1pt 1pt = 4 ticks => $0.1/4 => 1 tick = $0.025 Now, can anyone tell me the ratio between NQ and QQQQ?
This is an other contract (vs CME E-mini NASDAQ Composite Index Futures) CME NASDAQ-100 Futures --------------------------------- Trade Unit $100 times the NASDAQ-100 Index Point Descriptions .01 per index point = $1.00 per contract Contract Listing Three months in the March Quarterly cycle. Strike Price Interval N/A Product Code Ticker=ND Clearing=ND source : http://www.cme.com/trading/prd/equity/emini-nasdaq-comp_FCS.html