Why are Futures and Forex more popular than stocks for short-term trading?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by helpme_please, Sep 6, 2015.

  1. wartrace

    wartrace

    Yep; thicker markets make limit orders less likely to get filled.
     
    #41     Sep 7, 2015
  2. Thicker markets wha wha what? Sounds more like the douche alarm bells are ringing.

     
    #42     Sep 7, 2015
  3. wartrace

    wartrace

    From my understanding it is more difficult to get filled on a limit order when you may be #498 in the que and price moves away from you. You do not get filled.

    Are you saying limit orders in the ES are more likely to be filled than those in the YM?

    In thinner markets (fewer contracts on the bid or offer) the price is more likely to bounce around and due to being maybe # 20 in the que you are more likely to be filled.

    It's a shame you are incapable of having a civilized discussion.
     
    #43     Sep 7, 2015
  4. i960

    i960

    There are thicker markets with high movement as well. A50@SGX does a lot of volume but also moves pretty well. No problems getting filled, albeit its not as thick as ES.
     
    #44     Sep 7, 2015
  5. WHAT? What you are saying is like saying "a car is much more efficiently built and stronger than a horse hence a car is faster than a horse. Are you saying a buffalo is faster than a horse?"

    How much more abuse do normal thinking humans have to take on this website by dumb idiots? I seriously wonder...

     
    #45     Sep 7, 2015
  6. the terminology "thick" does not even exist in finance parlance. It would look good on most to pick up some basic books written by industry professionals and simply start reading...it's hard to discuss anything when people do not even have the most basic terminology down...


     
    #46     Sep 8, 2015
  7. i960

    i960

    Turns out you would be wrong:

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    #47     Sep 8, 2015
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  8. omg, and you get the crown of "Idiot of the day". Hilarious, I am actually bursting into tears and laughter. Seriously, this is funny...other than the fact that you entirely missed my point of relating unrelated things.

     
    #48     Sep 8, 2015
  9. Mtrader

    Mtrader

    If everybody always misses your point, you should ask yourself: who has a problem? Other people? Or maybe me?
     
    #49     Sep 8, 2015
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  10. wartrace

    wartrace

    http://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/thinmarket.asp

    Since "Thin markets" exist in finance parlance the opposite of "thin" is what? Tell us what we should call a market that has 1000+ contracts at each level of the DOM. I have heard several experienced traders refer to that type of market as "Thick" which would make sense as it is the opposite of "thin".

    Is it really that difficult to understand what a person means by saying "Thick Market" ?
     
    #50     Sep 8, 2015