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You have been able to trade both TF and ER2 for many months. Currently ER2 and TF trade in parallel. After ER2 on the CME expires in September, only the TF will be left trading on the NYBOT/ICE.

The DAX futures don't even trade 10% of the contracts that ES trades. The DAX is not for the faint of heart as it can make some suprisingly fast moves. European data is not free, look at IB's market data fees page for Europe. For example, EUREX Level II (DAX and more) is 12 Euro a month...

If it is an American put you buy the security when it is put to you.

Why are you expecting to see prints outside the bid and ask on ES?

All futures markets are zero sum game. ETFs are not zero sum game because no one is required to take the other side.

Wrong. Borrowing money is not allowed for IRA accounts. Thus buying stock on margin is not allowed, but trading futures on margin is allowed.

And vendors wonder why traders don't believe them. :D

Interactive Brokers, TradeStation, Velocity, MB Trading, TransAct and a host of others. How large an account? How many round turns a day do you expect to trade? What do you expect to use for charting?

No one firm is willing to take on all the risk of the entire market.

Unless you have a clear edge, risking 3 points a trade to make 2 points is a losing game. If you do have a clear edge, then why is your goal only 4 points a day?

The IB servers do start running at 12:00 EST on Sunday. What exactly do you want to do that can't be done Sunday to Friday night and Sunday afternoon?

Neither of you has bothered to name the broker(s) you are using. The exact details of how everything is done trading Eurex contracts from a USD account depends on the broker. Call your broker and ask them about all the details. One thing you can be certain of is that you will be charged...

One of the great short selling stories is from 1993 about LTV. "No, the Chicago Stock Exchange doesn't like Leon Greenblatt--and it's not just because of his, well, unconventional personal style. Three years ago, at age 33, Greenblatt did something that brought down upon him the kind of...

When is the US going to crack down on the underground economy and the "poor" tax evaders? "The IRS defines the tax gap, estimated at approximately $345 billion, as the difference between what taxpayers are supposed to pay and what is actually paid."

Timber Hill is an options market maker. Read the Interactive Brokers financial reports for profit information on options market making.

The problem with backtesting is that the results are optimized to make the trading system look good. Optimized trading systems rarely work for very long in real time trading.

Index futures expire on the 3rd Friday of the expiration month. The rollover occurs on the 2nd Thursday of expiration month. You want to switch to the front month on rollover day for best liquidity. If you are going to be trading futures you need to research and understand the basics of the...

Hope this doesn't confuse you, but you can be a prop trader from home.

If you know, then why did you start this thread ? :confused:

Switch to the SEPT contract from the JUNE contract to see the volume. Rollover was Thursday, June 12th.