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Thanks. I had looked at that page before and didn't see anything different and now I see that many are different. On the IB Intraday Margin Requirements page it still says in red letters: "Due to the exceptional volatility of the financial markets we are temporarily suspending reduced...

Where did you see the reduced IB futures margin news?

Yes, stick to trading ES on Globex. The S&P pit contract will eat you alive.

I gave a full explanation back on 07/04/08. "In particular DUG is supposed to match double the inverse performance of the Dow Jones Oil & Gas Index." The DJUSEN stock index is currently UP 0.42%, hence DUG DOWN about 1%.

They currently pay Fed Funds minus 1.90% or 0.10% on daily average balances over $500.

Novemer 3, 1997. "#97-24 and 97-25 (Corrected): November 2, 1997: CME S&P 500 Futures and Options to split — change to PC-SPAN Contract Value Multiplier On Monday, November 3, 1997, CME's S&P 500 futures and options will be split. The contract value multiplier will be halved, from $500...

Why do you think this is weird? There is nothing weird about all the markets reacting to news.

I fully understood from your starting post what you did with ES and are doing with ETFs, hence my question. So, I will try again with the question. What stops you from position/swing trading ES? If you can position/swing trade ETFs, then you can position/swing trade ES.

What stops you from position/swing trading ES? If you can position/swing trade ETFs, then you can position/swing trade ES.

You can trade any CFTC approved futures in an IRA account.

Try a forex broker with ECN trading, such as IB or MB Trading.

The thread was probably deleted because of all the obnoxious CAPITAL LETTERS. You are ignoring the fact FDMs are not the only ones offering forex trading. FCMs can offer forex and forex ECNs are also available.

Delta on the futures contract is 1 and delta on the long put (20 points OTM) is about minus 0.35, giving your postion a delta of 0.65. Overnight futures margin is $4500, so non-SPAN margin would be $2925. SPAN margin of $3500 to $4000 should not be a suprise. If you want a lower margin...

For stock traders IB is very cheap and it is very hard to beat their rates. IB futures commissions are not so cheap and a number of futures firms beat their rates. IB management needs to wake up and lower their futures commissions.

There is one difference: TD Ameritrade customers get 20 day intraday charts, all the other paying customers only get 10 day intraday charts.

IB is very conservative in their business practices and they don't require a "personal guaranty" to trade futures in an IRA account.

Hire some rocket scientist Ph.Ds and get their expert opinion on these complex financial instruments and then do the opposite.

From the New York Times 07/26/08: Government officials in New York are preparing for what could be the biggest single-year decline in pay on Wall Street in history and with it a vexing shortfall in city and state revenues. A review of the latest statements from the largest financial...

If their system works then why don't they just trade their own money? Why would a firm with a working system give away 90% of the profits? They must be the biggest philanthropists Wall Street has ever seen.

Who cares?