RTY is a great contract for trading small and learning. You have to learn how all of the indexes relate to each other and how they behave. Dow 30 NASDAQ 100 SP 500 MIDCAP 400 RUSSELL 2000 RUSSELL is the smallest of the E-mini equity futures. It's $50 multiplied by the value of RTY which is about $73,000. The ES contract is worth $142,969. There is a big difference!