Hello Cvds16, yes, I agree with you, consistency is what counts. I have to ask, what is the roundturn commission/s charged by the futures broker, and is that cost recovered in the trade ? Wallace.
i use ib: 4.8 usd rt, one pip = 12.5 USD, so if i can save 1 pip i'm allready in the plus. If you have an account open up euro/usd future, a lot of the times the spread is the minimum of 1 pip.
Yes, IB are the most competitively priced broker I know. So basically it's a wash I think between fx and futures trading costs, tho fx is ahead on safety â no overloss and lower magin requirements. Wallace.
sorry but still dont agree, i trade over a 1000 contracts a month, saving something like 10 usd ads up, ok stoplosses are not guarenteed but in euro/usd liquidity is sufficient to take your orders at reasonable prices. Not sure about the margin though, futures margin should be low enough for any reasonable trader.
besides the actual trading differences, how do trading the zb,zn differ from es, nq. as in margin, # of contracs traded, point value, daily range, etc....