CME Micro Fees Going Up Already! 10 cents a RT! 2021

[virtusa]

Wouldn't recommend this but if someone where to do it, the scale up IS FASTER using minis and micros together. Same size accounts, assuming $500 and $50 day-trade margins and $5 mini & $1 micro commissions, limit orders...

ES ONLY
Day1 account size $500) 1 ES +2 points = $100 -$5 commission = $95
Day2 account size $595) 1 ES +2 points = $100 -$5 commission = $95
Day3 account size $690) 1 ES +2 points = $100 -$5 commission = $95
Day3 account size $785) 1 ES +2 points = $100 -$5 commission = $95

ES & MES Combo
Day1 account size $500) 1 ES +2 points = $100 -$5 commission = $95
Day2 account size $595) 1 ES & 1 MES +2 points = $110 -$6 commission = $104
Day3 account size $699) 1 ES & 3 MES +2 points = $130 -$8 commission = $122
Day4 account size $821) 1 ES & 6 MES +2 points = $160 -$11 commission = $149

Extrapolate infinitum

That's exactly what I tried to explain. But the bigger your account size, the smaller the advantage of trading MES too. When the profits per trade ES exceed the margin per contract ES, it is better to just trade ES alone. The difference will be very small and not worth the split between MES and ES.