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Relatively closely correlated intruments for the FDAX would be CAC 40 futures, MIB30 / now S&P MIB or FTSE contracts (however, in GBP). MIB probably comes closest. ER2 is sth totally different. In general, a better idea would have been to set of in the cash market (DAXEX)

zf trader, please explain with an example, maybe I can help you. normally, you get what you see with both Eurex and Liffe, exactly like with globex or ecbot. there are some slight delays w/ Eurex esp. sometimes 17.30 CET due to Xetra closing. but this has improved a lot. do you mean not...

stock really going crazy. it IS a good deal, in fact.

Pabst, are doing now some volume on e-CBoT ? You were a little pessimistic, but volume in C, W and Soys has grown nicely, in Corn volume is nearly 50/50. I still expect the screen to win within 12 months (for these 4 at least)

kansas -> e-cbot BTW, I don't know much about these 2 exch, but I think they are going to be aquired some time in the future. The volume traded on these boards is minimal (relatively).

The ICE management just closed down their own pit in 2004(could be 2005, don't remember exact date) the really hard way. I expect they will do the same with the NYBOT pit as they are really struggling to maximize profit.

now, this is actually a clever move. last open outcry bastion will be dead soon and the ICE gets another main pillar besides energy in case technologic developments in the future make fossil energy obsolete (just in case, of course)

The symbol should be CL on your (whatever) platform. I expect the physical contract to have FAR more volume than anything cash settled (QM/WS). Also, there will be a hard battle with the WTI (IPE) contract.

Both the Dell and the AAPL 30" screens are no good as screens to work with. Both have the same LCD panel, from LiteON. Luminance is a little bit "spotty" which is ok for gamers, but very eye-stressing if you do actual work. I've seen both and my opinion: bullshit. I strongly...

10 & 30 yr: normal price / time 5: pro-rata

I was also shocked to realize that the CBoT uses pro-rata matching for ALL of their products, except 2: (Mini)Dow and the 30y Bonds.

O my god ... I thought when I just looked at the post count of ES Please do not tell us you actually trade... Are you planning a special curtain raiser event for your 10000 post ????

Often these articles are nothing but indirect ads. Whoever paid them big ad-$$$ in the past did win or place 2nd, that's how it works.

Liquidity is switching over into the IPE WTI contract at lightspeed, some into the Mini (QM) as well. I think some critical mass must have been reached. Locals at the NYMEX learn it the hard way right NOW.

DannoXYZ, if you trade fut opts on the underlyings you mentioned, these $13 won't be your problem. The rip-off you will encounter when trading these (illiquid) series throu the pits will be multiple times worse than what you pay in commish. -> Go find another vehicle.

sstern, AGs are quotes in US cents. The contracts are pretty small, in fact. Corn MPV is $12.50

A Pentium D 940 is a dual core CPU - 2x 3200 Mhz / 2x 2MB Cache - Codename "Presler". So what do you want ? You can upgrade to the 3600Mhz version, but performance gain will be minimal.

OMG, how much "hybrid" is it ? I cannot believe IB participating in launching a new, non-100% electronic exchange. Given my experiences in SPX cash options, you are better off trading NYSE grrr

Bloomberg shows the big pit traded Spoo in realtime - I always wondered, how they are allowed to do this

IB's data has been very useful as it is for me and other professional traders around here. I would prefer nothing gets changed. Except, the snapshot interval (currently ~0.2 sec) could be shortened a bit for some instruments like ES or WTI, maybe - but this is only "may", generally, the...