Turvey, you could also choose to sleep in and then play the NQ, YM and RTY e-mini futures along with the last 2.5 hours of the Dax futures. All 4 have plenty of volatility on a 1 min chart and you could be done in either 3 hours or go ahead and trade the last 2 hours of the e-minis after a break your time. UK time makes your trading day start around 2:30 PM, end at 5:30 (if you want).
NQ is a poor poor substitute for DAX, I'm around for NQ time anyway but won't trade it, my Spread cost is 2x's for less range, useless.
