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Try this: on main page go to 'Markets' near the middle of the page, then choose the drop down 'Market Data' then the choice of 'Exchange wide data'. After the Agreement disclaimer, choose 'Fact Sheets' under Exchange wide data, and then choose the date you want. Up comes a pdf file with all...

artis74- when you describe the liquidity for natty, do you mean the IPE nat gas or the Nymex mini nat gas? also, regarding the IPE front end; are you saying just dont use the IPE front end, but anyone else's (like TT) is OK ? thanks :)

leapfrog - is the nat gas mkt on the screen liquid at every $.005 or is more like a penny or so? also, what style of trading are you doing? scalping & daytrading, or more position-type trading? thanks

is anyone trading nat gas on the screen? I realize the volume is very light (1500/day) but the daily ranges are nice. also, I wonder if the financial paper nat gas products (Henry hub or basis) are trading well enough on either Clearport or ICE to be worth investigating further? any info...

does anyone know how much of the daily volume for Brent Crude at the IPE is during US hours vs London hrs? ie. is it 80-20 London or 60-40 US or what. thanks!

Jason - when you were trading nat gas, were you trading thru the floor or on the screen? if on the screen, how was the liquidity? and now that you are in NY, are you arb'ing screen-traded crude vs pit trade? thanks

Ebo - I currently work out of an office at the CME. I am mainly interested in a prop shop because the Nymex seat leases ($18k/month) are prohibitively expensive, so I am looking at alternative ways of trading crude/nat gas. anyone doing any trading of nat gas?

mahram; thanks for the info, but I currently trade my own funds, so I would be using the prop shop only for a desk setup and connectivity to the exchanges. I was just curious to see if any of the shops were trading on the Nymex. thanks again!

buylo: how is the liquidity on the CME/Nymex minis? looks solid enough for individual traders and pretty much trades at every $.025

does anyone know if many prop shops in the US are trading crude? if so, is it mainly Brent on the IPE or are they trading Nymex mini contracts? The IPE volume looks liquid enough for trading (+100k/day) but how much of that volume is during US hours? and are people basically trading the IPE...

regarding the contract issue, I have a theoretical question; if I sign a three yr contact with a Refco-type shop, but then leave after two years, do they in theory have a right to my earnings during year three? would this apply to me trading on my own with my own funds or only at another shop...

I am an indie futures trader and the research I have done re: prop is this; provided you have your own capital, most of these new arcade style firms charge just about the same fees as it would cost you to work out of your home with a T1 line and the same front end and other software. Hence, it...

Most traders form LLCs, not S corps. Even if they trade their own funds, and act as the sole client. This is generally for liability protection, as the benefits of pension or health insurance do not apply.