Single Stock Futures - SSFs - opinions?

Quote from spinn:

That would be my question too....how are they better than in the money options?
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Its relative and without going off on tangents, there are many considerations depending on the underlying and how aggressive a mover it is, time til expiration, etc.

Ill give you a real world example. Take GOOG right now this morning. Its tanking by over $7 a share, but the in the money JAN put barely appreciated by $4, while the JAN SSF contract is down $6.80.
 
Quote from lindq:

My experience thus far is that they don't follow the underlying precisely so they are problematic for short term trading, fills can be a real problem because the volume is often very thin, and there is no guarantee someone is going to take the other side of your trade when you need to exit.

I wish it was otherwise, because the concept is a good one.
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so was this another brilliant new market that just couldn't take off?

seems like that is how its described
 
Chicago, IL – December 1, 2006 – OneChicago, LLC today reported that 790,076 security futures contracts traded at the Exchange in November, a 12.4% increase from November 2005 volume. Average daily volume (ADV) in November was 37,623 contracts.
Don't have December #'s yet. If your interested, you'll have to use your link, and do some adding and averaging.
 
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