What do you trade?

[Nemsy]

Just want to get a general view on what people here trade and why.



I trade futures mainly because I don't have to worry that company specific news will trash my stocks.

 

[Gordon Gekko]

a better question would have been, "what do you trade AND WHY?"

but this will have to do, i suppose...

 

[cafeole]

This is my first post to elite, so hello everyone.

I just started to trade the eminis. As a matter of fact, I just
started trading. I have been educating myself on trading since
the first of the year.

I trade the eminis because there is so much less to keep track of.
As a newbie I would have trouble finding out which stocks to watch. Multi-tasking is also not one of my strong suits. I am trading the ES right now and I love it.

cafeole

 

[hardrock375]

I trade Options, Equities, and Futures.

 

[William]

Stocks. Why? Well, it's the first thing I stumbled into I guess and I've been too complacent to learn anything else.

 

[daniel_m]

I'm curious...what are some examples of "other instruments"?

I'm stocks..looking to incorporate some futures into my gig

 

[Sarasota]

S&P e-minis.

Tax benefits.

Liquidity = fills in less than a second

Volatility

Margin

 

[Long-Way-To-Go]

>>I'm curious...what are some examples of
>>"other instruments"?

Beanie Babies?

 

[Bong Recreation]

Illegal Drugs

 

[hybridmachine]

I trade E-mini NQ's and ES's. I played around with the YJ's on the ACE, but to no avail. I trade these for 3 reasons:

1) Liquidity
2) Capital Leverage
3) Low transaction cost (Due in part to #2)

I am willing to accept the greater risk that increased capital leverage offers. I would trade the QQQ's and the SPY's if they offered 2 and 3.
Either way, I don't like stocks for day trading because of the lack of ease for going short and the increased risk of a nasty surprise.