...or at OEC or OXPS for that matter. I have papertraded the DAX with great results for months, but the contract size/margin requirements on that are kind of big for my tastes @ the moment.
USFE is majority owned by MF Global. If you have an MF account, you've got access. Other than MF, the exchange and all of it's products has extremely limited distribution. Gee, why would that be??
This contract is rather illiquid (< 10 contracts on the best bid/offer) and 3-4 points spread constantly. USFE just isn't able to find good/enough marketmakers - just like in their FX contracts. A mini-DAX is a good idea in my opinion and could attract some audience, but under these conditions its not really worth trading in my opinion. They shouldn't have gone live without enough marketmaker agreements, this just further undermines their reputation as failed eurex-us left overs.