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I am looking at doing some currency butterfly spread trades in futures, and was wondering what is the size limit for these trades. For example, could one open a trade with a position size of 20,000??

No that's not my intention at all. I am interested in both liquid and illiquid instruments. I am just disappointed that so many of the 'listed' products are just sitting around, untradeable. There could be plenty more trading opportunities if more people did trade these products. We are...

Two products that interest me very much. Some great spread opportunities in both Crude Oil and Eurodollars. I have opened some sim trades in these.

Yes Bone. I look at each and every available calendar spread, in fact I have just been looking at Soybean Oil, and it is a very liquid product. Same goes for Corn, Heating Oil, Eurodollars etc. I am just trying to keep all my options open. I don't like being limited. I see all these many...

I get what you're saying. Some calendars do have decent volatility, but many don't. For the very illiquid spreads, I set my own prices, and on the TT platform I actually get filled if nobody else is trading, so that's an advantage. What I do is place a limit order, and then come in on the...

Because of the lower margin required to trade them. Also the risk mitigation element too.

I am using a demo with Trading Technologies, which I believe is one of the most realistic demo platforms available. What I notice is, and very frustratingly, most of the calendar spreads I pull up in the instrument search can't be traded, because they do not have a bid or ask. Some just have...

Thank you Patrick I will do that. I am using demo and notice there is a sim as well, not sure of the difference between the two.

I'll have to wait for the markets to reopen. The platform does seem to give accurate volume and tick data, but I notice the order entry can be different to other brokerages I have used. I have heard TT is one of the best though, so that's why I've been keen to practice trade with them.

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When I am using the TT mobile trading platform, I can place any limit order I like in any market. However I have noticed that if I place a limit in say an illiquid calendar spread, sometimes it fills. Basically it let's you set your own prices in certain markets, if they are thin enough.

Yes I have noticed a large number of illiquid securities on the TT platform. It's ridiculous that there are so many contracts people don't trade, makes it harder for those of us who do want to trade them. Anyhow, I was just testing out the platform and trying random limit order prices. Of course...

It's the free website mobile version. I'm assuming not much difference between mobile and web.

Bone here is a screenshot of some markets I have open in TT

It is a demo account. I stumbled upon this by playing around with numbers. It mainly works with instruments that have an ask price, but no bid price yet. So I put in a bid price, and that's when sometimes it's partially filled, other times it's a working order.

For example, if I open a high buy or sell limit order in Crude Oil, and set a price of say 200(not actual current price just messing around with figures here) it will show a floating profit/loss in the account. This is when the limit order is either partially filled or not filled. Giving the...

For example in futures. If I want to open positions using unrealized profit can I do so. I am using the Trading Technologies demo, and it is allowing me to do this. Would it be the same for live accounts?

I have noticed since I began using TT that the platform allows me to enter any limit price I want, and it will show a P/L upon entry even though it may not be entirely filled. Has anyone else experienced this?

Judging by your posts and replies to people on here, you're the fool.

I am trying yet another demo account, and yet again encountering issues. This time with Trading Technologies. Whenever I make a profit or loss, when I log back into the account, the virtual funds have either reset or gone completely. Hoping this does not happen with a live account.