NQ vs ES vs YM vs RTY? or NQ vs ES vs YM vs RTY vs DAX vs Nikkei vs Hangseng ? Which is better? I don't know because they have their own characteristics / personality. Occassionally you can see some intercorrelation between them. So I trade everything because I don't know which will move in organised fashion, or which will move like madman. NQ vs ES NQ day range tends to be bigger, movement could be rather jerky and sluggish. but occassionally its movement could be gentle.