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Both Renko at 12 and range bar at 23 looks smoother than the other indices from a quick glance today! My biggest issue was always the profit taking...good on stops, good on entries, been struggling with profit taking....

time frame you using? day trading or swing?

Lots of interesting spread set up in indices, energies, cattle and rates...This specific one is bumping against a tool I like to use as moving support/ resistance:

not sure if this helps but here is our margins as of now: You can try a free demo at: https://ibportal.gainfutures.com/DemoSetup?WLID=20&BrokerID=9&SCodeID=10

What is the exact spread/ quantity/markets?

https://www.cannontrading.com/tools/the-seasons-of-the-futures-market

We allow trading on both contracts on variety of platforms. Different margin requirements based on the platform and the contract month but available.

It matters to the computer/ SPAN which calculates it....regardless if I agree with you cause it make sense, the final output is the margin calculator. here is what I plugged in and the output, if you need any other info, please PM me:

What expiry on the put?

I asked my fellow broker Joe Easton on his take: My understanding is 10 MES vs 1 ES is a viable spread recognized by the exchange. The margin is $0 according to our margin calculator on E-Futures. When trading futures you want to trade less and hold for longer. This allows the market and...

Personally, I think the spread will narrow and @hrokling may be right and the negative price was one-off anomaly, however it seems like the exchanges and the FCMs are either smelling another very volatile delivery period or simply are freaked out... July-June chart below More on the "crude...

Many FCMs are worried about volatility after what we saw in the May crude. Some are placing the front month on liquidation only, some are asking for 200-300% of margins etc. These are not "normal times" by any means, not in the trading world nor the real world....

real news regarding the trials of the Corona Virus or lack of success.... Will find the actual headline and post it here.

Negative Crude Oil Prices?? It is perhaps even more confusing than seeing negative interest rates to see negative oil prices. Both occurrences are quite rare, and there isn’t a lot of information out there explaining it, so let us attempt to clarify where negative pricing comes from and why...

try this software if you like, free demo for 28 days, does everything you mentioned: www.e-futures.com

you need to open a futures account and if you never traded futures before, i recommend talking to a broker first to understand some of the ins and outs of futures trading. Here are two good starting points: https://www.cannontrading.com/riskopportunity https://www.cannontrading.com/open-account

[1:57 PM PDT] John Thorpe - Cannon Trading Immediate Glut of oil weighs heavily on Spot month prices the May/Dec spread has widened by 4 dollars the past two trading days suggests the anticipation of Demand by year end will be near pre pandemic levels, the front month drag is reflecting the...

you could...but no liquidity will put you at additional risks other than price risk.

Very much intertwined....BUT cash is king and during the day session it is the cash index that leads but traders are very aware of what the MES or better, the ES is doing overnight etc.

With this tremendous volatility, MICROS make a lot of sense. Also margins have increased quite a bit. If you are a trader that likes to average up and down, scale in and out, i would use the MICROS for any account less than $25,000. Here is a good quick read on the MICROS...