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    Typical bid/ask spreads on mini silver?

    Thanks for the reply. I am interested in trying a breakout strategy since the YI is fairly volatile. How much of an issue is Slippage when you use only stop limit orders? Also, I am concerned about Tradestation's required 10 trades/month minimum to avoid the $99 platform fee. Not...
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    Typical bid/ask spreads on mini silver?

    New to futures. Just opened an account with TradeStation (but haven't funded it yet). I'm interested in trading mini silver contracts. What would you say would be a normal bid/ask spread for the minis? Can't test drive their platform until they get some cash...so I don't know how...
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    Another newbie here....

    Everyone should own some gold/and or silver coins as an insurance policy against an economic collapse. All empires eventually collapse. In our case it's because of an unsustainable "police of the world" military mindset and out of control deficit spending. The government will at some...
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    Another newbie here....

    Probably good advice. Can't lose any money that way.
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    Another newbie here....

    Sentiment: long on metals Most interested in mini silver futures. Never traded futures of any kind before Need a broker who doesn't mind a lot of hand holding to get me started. I'm leaning toward Etrade since there is a local office in my area. Would appreciate comments on the...
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