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Hi Julian 0625 I agree with your comments, it has nice tick size compared to commission cost, hence the reason why it is traded by institutions I am guessing, and no slippage as you said. 15 ticks range is not a lot for sure, FESX is more like 20-30 ticks if I remember. Maybe it behaves a...

Hi Kiwi Trader, I understand some people are trying to take position and follow a trend to capture a big movement, I know from experience it's not my trading style, I can't deal with fast furious markets. What is your view on Nikkei 225 Mini from Osaka, can you confirm it is a deep contract...

Dcraig, Very useful post, thanks very much. I appreciate the screen shot you sent showing the dom and the order book depth. Kospi 200 seems very liquid indeed and this is a contract I would consider trading. I went on the IB website to have a look. The only problem I have with this...

Julian0625 When you say the tick size of the Nikkei future is huge, I am guessing you are talking about the full size contract, the tick value of the Mini is only JPY 500 as per what I've seen on the Osaka Stock exchange webiste, it's only about EUR 4.3, a lot less then ES or FESX for...

Hi Filter Sweep, My trading style does not allow for slippage. I did trade Fdax in the past with limited success and my heart was racing when this contract was running 30 ticks in a bleep, I won't go for a similar beast. I found my style and need a deep order book, it does not have to be as...

Hi Laissez Faire, After work, I go straight home and have a proper dinner with my wife and boy so trading after work is not possible, family comes first. Only time to trade would be early morning when they sleep :D

Hi Julian0625, I know what you mean, HSI is comparable with the FDAX in Europe, i.e., quite thin, highly volatile and some people call it a mad beast. It can suit some people, but it does not suit my trading style as I like a deep order book and one tick slippage max. HSI can have 4-6 ticks...

Hi Xroads, Thanks for your message. HSI contract won't work for scalping due to high commission. IB commission is HK 60 round turn and tick value is HK 50. If I compare with FESX, I pay EUR 2 round turn and tick value is EUR 10. What do you think about Nikkey 225 MINI, can you have...

Hi, I am a UK resident with a day job. I am looking to scalp a liquid future between 6.00am and 8.00am London time (which is between 1.00am and 3.00am New York time for the forumers in New York, USA) before I go to work. Could you please advise a liquid future trading heavily at that time...

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any idea anyone?

any idea anyone?

Let's say you invest $50,000 in stocks for 35 years at an average annual return of 9%, your investment would have become 50,000*1.09^35 = $1,020,698 after 35 years. If you invest $50,000 in ETFs for 35 years with an average expense ratio of 0.65% and an average annual return of 9%, your...

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My sister is looking to invest £50 a month, every month by direct debit through a very diversified stocks ETF, that invests across both developped markets and emerging markets. I've found the sharebuilder system from Halifax in the UK, they charge £1.50 a month to invest the funds by direct...

Until today, I believed a plain vanilla ETF (not an ETN) was an excellent and SECURE way to track the performance of a stock index. Today, I was horrified when I read this article http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/09/18/346406/can-an-etf-collapse/ From my understanding of this article...

Hi Risktaker, My mistake, you're absolutely right. I read an article a few days ago, it was saying most of the large emerging markets stocks were quoted on US exchanges. This article was awfully wrong! I made a bit of research now, and found that only 2 Colombian stocks are quoted on Nyse...

Agreed, so it means I don't need to buy ALL of the underlying stocks making up the ETF to track the ETF performance quite closely. So you agree, that buying the stocks is a lot more cost effective in the long term, while having a similar performance to the ETF?