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It's true that CQG is very reliable and expensive (around 650$/mth for CQGNet) The problem is that CQG is mostly used by the big guys in dealing rooms (I have used it there). When I quit to trade on my own, I subscribed to CQGNet but the least I have to say is that they treat you bad as a...

I am with myTrack and I am happy with them. I also trade futures only. What did you hear about them?

I could not have said better, hii

A few months ago, I considered subscribing to esignal. I had a few questions. As I am in Europe, I sent 3 emails to eurosales@esignal.com. Never got any answer. Subsribed to myTrack.

In Europe, the major financial futures (bunds, dax, eurostoxx...) are not pit traded anymore. When I began traging german bunds 5 years ago, the Liffe pit was still very active. One year later, Eurex had killed the Liffe pit. If the CME makes the big S&P an electronic product, there is no...

Take a look at myTrack data + Trading Expert Pro software. Superior package (custom indicators, backtesting, alerts...) for less than 100$ http://www.aiqsystems.com/

If your method is based on common sense, then you don't need your costly CQG. At the beginning of each month, you will already be up 600USD (not a bad first trade!) .

Another possibility is myTrack + AIQ Trading Expert Pro for around 100$ / mth Eurex and CME Limited fees included. http://www.aiqsystems.com/ I have seen messages on this board regarding the poor quality of the Eurex data feed in E Signal. The Eurex data feed in myTrack is very good (except...

If you are talking about gaps between bars in the ESTX, maybe you have not looked at an intraday chart for a while. There is an average volume of more than 300 000 contracts each day and I am generally stopped at my price if I don't trade more than 5 contracts.

Generally, Dax starts its way the way SP has traded after the Dax close. The Dax is generally very volatile during the first 2 hours of trading. When US markets are closed, ES follows Dax or Eurostoxx. Once the US bond and equity markets open, Dax follows ES.

Look at an intraday and you will see exactly the same moves in the Dax and in the Eurostoxx. I trade the Eurostoxx which is more liquid (avg 300 000 cts/day against 75 000 in the Dax).

Yes there are some backtesting capabilities but unfortunately not with intraday data (only with daily or weekly data).

If someone is looking for alternatives, I am very happy with Trading Expert Pro software + myTrack data feed. Pricing with real time data starts at 79$/mth + exchange fees. Good software, good data and very good chat room support. http://www.aiqsystems.com/proriskfreetrial.htm

Consider you don't want to risk more than 2% of you K on any trade. Consider you are very short term trader and you want to scalp ES with 1 point profit or loss. In this case, the margin would be 2500k. I would not daytrade ES with less than that.

A slower market? Are you sure?

Thank you for the link Franz. It's interesting. For me, IB stays cheaper as I don't trade 1200 contracts per month (yet...)

No broker in Europe can match IB rates for Eurex.

Bloomberg is great but Bloomberg is more for professional traders working on derivatives or fixed income desks in big dealing rooms. If you are a trader whose trading depends mainly on technical analysis and stays basic (buy or sell outright), then Bloomberg is clearly not for you. On...

QDZ I am against this PDT rule. But if you have a profitable strategy, why don't you trade futures? Futures offer you volatility, liquidity and leverage (you can have 25k pretty quickly if you are a good trader) Otherwise, why don't you paper trade for a while?

For CME, see: http://www.cme.com/products/index/products_index_pricelimitguide.cfm