What Is Something I Can Trade During European Hours ?

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jaygould

I'm located in the US, and use Interactive Brokers.
Looking for a trading vehicle that I can trade after midnight, eastern time.
I've found that forex does not move enough, so that's out.
Any suggestions?
Exact symbols would be helpful if anyone has actual experience.
I've tried to do research on the miniDAX but coming up empty.
Wondering if it's even available.
 
eruo sure does moves a lot recently ... don't know where you get the idea it doesn't
but there is always the dax or ftse
 
You can trade the overnight session of the SPX options with IB. It trades from 2am to 8am ct. Markets have been wide lately but there is some opportunity if someone is paying up for an option. Watching time and sales is key here. You can then hedge with ES futures.
 
jaygould said:
I'm located in the US, and use Interactive Brokers.
Looking for a trading vehicle that I can trade after midnight, eastern time.
I've found that forex does not move enough, so that's out.
Any suggestions?
Exact symbols would be helpful if anyone has actual experience.
I've tried to do research on the miniDAX but coming up empty.
Wondering if it's even available.
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US futures trade nearly 24/7 from Sunday night to Friday close. These days, volatility is through the roof even during AH. There's no need to trade foreign markets.
 
The Eurex CFTC covered index products - also in addition to what has been mentioned the cash SPY is available via a couple of houses.
 
jaygould said:
trade after midnight
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gc, cl, zb, ...
depending on your strategy, how far into the AM Eastern Time you are talking here, enough good moves can start around 1:30 - 2:00 AMet to make it worthwhile to look into, if you are awake anyway.

you could look at gold, oil, maybe zb, zn futures, and methodically repeat the process for more prospects to find what suits your style.

Maybe run through a few different market conditions over time, eg jan, mar, jun, sep contracts to get an idea of how many moves per 20 sessions you might expect.

Maybe look into dif's between prime-time session trading and other.
your mileage may vary.

what chart timeframe you like?
tell us what you decide? cheers
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I prefer the 5 min chart.
What matters to me in terms of time frame is that the spread for the vehicle is no more than 1/20th of the range for that time frame.
For instance, if it's a stock and it has a 1 cent spread and it easily moves more than 20 cents in 5 minutes, then the 5min chart is tradeable.

The same would apply if the increments is ticks, pips or whatever.
I just want a vehicle with as short of a timeframe as can be that meets these requirements.
 
easymon1 said:
any particular country?, including futures?
what have you liked trading up to now?
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Right now I've had success with highly liquid stocks on the Nasdaq that I trade at the open of the New York session 9:30am Eastern.
I generally only make one or two trades a session, sticking with the same stock.
I just want a vehicle that I can repeat this process for the night sessions. I don't really care if it's a future, foreign vehicle or what not.
It should work if the spread is sufficiently lower than the typical move for the shortest time frame possible
 
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