Foreign Futures

Quote from donaldduck3419:
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Registered: Apr 2003
Posts: 102


08-05-03 01:20 AM

My question is a bit off topic. I am trading U.S. eminis, and i was wondering what the European ones are like? How liquid are they? How many contracts can i do each way? How big are the moves on them?

Thanks.
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Donaldduck,

I like EuroSTOXX 50 most of all, then Eurobund. Lots of liquidity in both. If you're an individual trader with a reasonable account you should find no practical size constraints. And the moves are comparable to those in the U.S. index futures, perhaps greater by some measures. You can see for yourself with at least a couple of the charting vendors. eSignal would be one, and I understand DTN has a similar solution.
 
Quote from NorskTrader:

Donaldduck,

I like EuroSTOXX 50 most of all, then Eurobund. Lots of liquidity in both. If you're an individual trader with a reasonable account you should find no practical size constraints. And the moves are comparable to those in the U.S. index futures, perhaps greater by some measures. You can see for yourself with at least a couple of the charting vendors. eSignal would be one, and I understand DTN has a similar solution.
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thanks for the response and starting the thread, what about points? what does one point equel in dollars, with the contracts you are talking about?
 
These contracts trade in euros, with euros now costing a little more than a buck a piece.

EuroSTOXX 50:
1 point per tick, 10 euros per point, thus 10 euros per tick

EuroBund:
1/100 point per tick, 1000 euros per point, thus 10 euros per tick

CAC 40:
1/2 point per tick, 10 euros per point, thus 5 euros per tick

And so forth. Check www.eurexchange.com for more info.
 
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