As others have said, the NQ provides nice intraday 'micro' moves vs. the ES. I would agree with the guys that said the ES is more choppy and being arbed/faded/etc to death. Not to start another debate on this subject, but to me, it feels like there is TOO MUCH volume on the ES. There's too many people fighting, which in turn causes the moves to be smaller and more choppy. Just my opinion of the recent movements on the ES. Of course, this can change any day.
Well put. The ES has too many freakin bots trading it, plain and simple. That's most of the time anyway. Not so much with NQ.