CME "Trade Against a Pro" Trading Challenge - December 8th Sunday - 13th Friday

nooby_mcnoob said:
I should stop trading stocks and equity options. How liquid are options on Futures?
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I have no experience with them. I am trying to practice with them in this latest CME challenge, but their web-based simulator is wanting of depth. Ask dest, heh.

My gut tells me the liquidity will not be an issue on the major equity indices' options.
 
Overnight said:
I have no experience with them. I am trying to practice with them in this latest CME challenge, but their web-based simulator is wanting of depth. Ask dest, heh.

My gut tells me the liquidity will not be an issue on the major equity indices' options.
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You're probably right. I'll pick them up for paper trading for a few months.
 
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nooby_mcnoob said:
The website definitely sucks. I always thought futures were some magical thing but I made $750 on the simulator! I am the new Simons.
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There is something else to consider here. You are trading the futures on the full margin. You don't have to treat this like day-trading per se. If you have open positions right now, you are, in effect, swing trading with overnight margins.
 
Overnight said:
There is something else to consider here. You are trading the futures on the full margin. You don't have to treat this like day-trading per se. If you have open positions right now, you are, in effect, swing trading with overnight margins.
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Ah interesting. I was joking about being the new Simons.
 
nooby_mcnoob said:
Ah interesting. I was joking about being the new Simons.
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Yea, the required margin bit in your dashboard is talking into account the exchange-required minimums for all open positions. I have not even checked if they are giving SPAN discounts, because I have a mix of stuff in my current CME Institute sim account and they are unwieldy.
 
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