Most volatile stock/futures/forex/... instrument to daytrade?

[polpolik]

pay no mind to the guys who seem to think they're so much better than you because they "know". Self-esteem issues.

At any rate, try looking at EUR or JPY futures and like one of the other guys said, ER2.... it's a pain in the ass though. It's all over the place.

 

[buylo]

The euro is pretty jumpy. Oil, now without NYMEX quotes, is harder to peg. Bund has gotten a lot thinner, but the volume is still there. My $.02.

 

[uninvited_guest]

Quote from siki13:

..........in other word i don't want some crazy 500$ stock that jumps around.....

Thats what "Volatile" is.

I would say that EUR/USD, GBP/USD (other currency pairs as well) traded at 200:1 leverage will produce all the volatility you need. Easily plus/minus 100% a day with only a 50 pip move.

PS....what $500 stock are you referring to?

 

[aqtrader]

AAPL AMGN BRK-A CHK COP CSCO CVX EBAY GM GOOG HAL INTC MSFT PFE QCOM RIMM SLB SNDK VLO XOM YHOO

 

[The Kin]

You could just find a stock with a high beta?

 

[Marsupilami]

Volatility isn't everything. There are a lot of volatile products to trade, but is the volatility also tradable ?

In the world of forex and futures, you could easily turn a boring ES e.g. into a wild beast by lowering your leverage. With forex and futures, you can adjust the volatility yourself, so to say.

 

[ktm]

KOSPI

 

[def]

I'd agree with KTM, The Kospi 200 in Korea followed by the Hang Seng Index (HSI) in Hong Kong. (Although HK has been relatively tame of late).

 

[NihabaAshi]

Quote from siki13:

You can suggest anything that you think has greatest day range or trends in one day but it has to follow some rules
1. High liquidity
2. Most of the time moves one tick in price (in other word i don't want some crazy 500$ stock that jumps around)

Have you decided upon what trading instruments to trade that meets your criteria...

Stocks, futures, forex or what ???

What ever you decide...best to pick a few different trading instruments because volatility can change throughout the year.

Thus, you don't want to be trading only one trading instrument because there will be a time in the trading year when it seems tame, small trends, trendless, low volatility or whatever.

Mark
(a.k.a. NihabaAshi) Japanese Candlestick term

 

[autocorr]

what you are searching for is much VAR for low costs concerning commissions and slippage. Best deal is the dax concerning this . EUR is also quite fine if you have lowered cme fees . If you handle limit orders( slippage not a topic) google is fine, because almost no costs and you are moving much and volatile money.