EMini Nasdaq

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alain

I've been trading Nasdaq stocks for a while... my main problem is that from ten trade opportunities I'm only able to enter the market at five from those... specially when the market is breaking down and I want to enter short.. it's almost impossible. I guess some of you have the same problem..

What I was wondring is if Emini Nasdaq futures are easier to enter and get out compared to the nasdaq stocks?


Thanx, alain
(Switzerland)
 
try trading QQQ, the Nasdaq 100 tracker. There is no uptick
rule to short. I trade with IB through Island with 1 cent
per share. Trades are instantaneous long or short.
you can limit risk with small lots until you're OK with
your trading results rather than E-Minis one contract
of which has about the same leverage as 1000s QQQ.
 
Having traded both the Mini and the Q’s, I can say that I find fills much more reliable in the Mini. This may be a function of my trading style and not indicative of the Q’s except in my situation.
 
NQ is far better a daytrading vehicle than QQQ, great liquidity, instant executions, and narrower spread than QQQ

emini vs. stocks:

mini can short into downtick, instant fills.

stocks offer more choice, have own supply/demand in addition to overall market direction, tends to be more forgiving. can use mini as a lead indicator for top-down analysis.
 
try trading QQQ, the Nasdaq 100 tracker. There is no uptick
rule to short. I trade with IB through Island with 1 cent
per share. Trades are instantaneous long or short.
you can limit risk with small lots until you're OK with
your trading results rather than E-Minis one contract
of which has about the same leverage as 1000s QQQ.
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jmeyer


what type of data do you use. Matt
 
Matt,
I'm using e-signal with GET. But order placement timing
is with IB since second by second data varies with e-signal
data and trades are made with the spread numbers from
IB. There is no slippage since the trades are instantaneous
through Island.
JM
 
I see that ib offers data of some type, I assume not L2. how do you like their system, does it offer charts and studies, or is that why you subscribe to esignal?

thank you, Matt
 
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