Transition from equities to futures

Hello Cvds16, yes, I agree with you, consistency is what counts.

I have to ask, what is the roundturn commission/s charged by the futures broker, and is that cost recovered in the trade ? Wallace.
 
i use ib: 4.8 usd rt, one pip = 12.5 USD, so if i can save 1 pip i'm allready in the plus. If you have an account open up euro/usd future, a lot of the times the spread is the minimum of 1 pip.
 
Yes, IB are the most competitively priced broker I know.
So basically it's a wash I think between fx and futures trading costs, tho fx is ahead on safety – no overloss and lower magin requirements. Wallace.
 
sorry but still dont agree, i trade over a 1000 contracts a month, saving something like 10 usd ads up, ok stoplosses are not guarenteed but in euro/usd liquidity is sufficient to take your orders at reasonable prices. Not sure about the margin though, futures margin should be low enough for any reasonable trader.
 
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I concur. Same thing for ZN. If you want a really "easy" transition you might want to try my way: From trading equities, I tried to switch to ES and NQ, and after a couple of weeks of losses I tried ZB and ZN. Suddenly I was a profitable futures trader! I still don't know if it was the contrast to the horrors of ES and NQ, but the electronic bond and 10 year note futures have always seemed extremely benign to me.
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Lobster,
What trading platform do you use for ZB,ZN ?
Thanks,
Walter
 
besides the actual trading differences, how do trading the zb,zn differ from es, nq. as in margin, # of contracs traded, point value, daily range, etc....
 
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