Are e-mini futures (NQ,ES) shortable after the new SEC regulation?

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Andris_2

Till now I traded CFDs but as I expericenced from today I cannot open short positions for US Indices.

Are the e-mini futures still shortable?
 
They couldn't trade if they weren't shortable. If a buyer could only buy from another long futures markets would shut down.
 
Quote from Andris_2:

Till now I traded CFDs but as I expericenced from today I cannot open short positions for US Indices.

Are the e-mini futures still shortable?
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What casino brought in this restriction?
 
Quote from Andris_2:

Till now I traded CFDs but as I expericenced from today I cannot open short positions for US Indices.

Are the e-mini futures still shortable?
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What does your broker say?
 
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What casino brought in this restriction?
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A saxo WL partner, but now I'm not sure there is such a restriction. At first I tried it with a demo account and received a "Trading short the selected instrument is disabled" but a few minutes ago I tried it with my live account and managed to open a short position for the Nasdaq 100.

Anyway I always hear from others that trading CFDs is like playing the casino and the odds are against me.

Can anyone please explain this? Why I have worse chances if the CFD is fairly tracking the real index? I haven't experienced any incorrect price movement in the CFD that would differ from the underlying index. A compared many times the CFD chart and the index chart and haven't found significant differencies.

I agree that in a tight situation (i.e. 1-2 ticks from my SL) the price can be manipulated, but I thinks it is not common.
 
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